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Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The total funding committed to date to community-based not-for-profit child care organisations in the Dublin 11 area under the equal opportunities child care programme 2000-2006 to date amounts to €4.49 million. Some 39 EOCP grants have been approved to date for the Dublin 11 area. It may be that other child care projects in the Dublin 11 area also benefit from support under other...

Written Answers — Community Policing: Community Policing (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 216 from Deputy Ó Snodaigh on 30 September 2004 in this regard.

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The primary purpose of the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons is to facilitate the repatriation to their home country of persons, who, were it not for their imprisonment in another jurisdiction, would ordinarily be resident there. Having considered the matter carefully, I was satisfied that the person concerned would not normally be resident in this jurisdiction...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the policing of yellow boxes forms part of general road safety and traffic management, for which a specific budget is not allocated. As members of the Garda Síochána have not been exclusively deployed on policing yellow boxes specifically for the Luas line,...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I recently announced details of a joint project being undertaken by this Department and the Law Reform Commission to radically reform and modernise land law and conveyancing law. The project will repeal many pre-1922 statutes, the earliest of which date back to the 13th century, and replace them, where necessary, with a modern law of property that will meet the needs of the 21st century. It...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I understand from inquiries I have made that, to date, no application for additional grant assistance under the equal opportunities childcare programme 2000-06 can be traced from this group. I would like to advise the Deputy that the group in question received grant assistance towards their staffing costs amounting to a total of €36,000 over three years. Should a further application for...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I understand from enquiries I have made that an application from this group for a substantial capital grant of over €1.3 million was submitted in January 2004. The equal opportunities child care programme 2000-06 is a seven-year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in employment, education and training. The progress of...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: Material on the Department's website is kept up-to-date. General departmental information is published as it becomes available. All press releases are published onto the site immediately they are released and the most recent of these are available from the home page at www.justice.ie. For example, during the month of September, there were 11 press releases and eight other publications.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station, all ranks, as at 29 September 2004 was 119. Two community gardaí are assigned to the Clonliffe and Ballybough areas. The area is covered on a regular and ongoing basis by mobile and foot patrols by...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 427 and 437 together. The woman referred to by the Deputies entered the State on 20 September 1999 and applied for refugee status. Two of her minor children, sons, subsequently entered the State on 31 October 2000 and 30 January 2001 respectively. These minors were considered as part of their mother's application. Following an interview on 1 February 2001 by...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: On 31 August 2004 the number of people awaiting an appointment with a solicitor at Kilkenny Law Centre was 98 and the person who is longest on the waiting list has waited seven and a half months. At Newbridge Law Centre there are 243 people awaiting an appointment with a solicitor and the person who is longest on the waiting list has waited 16 months. The Legal Aid Board continuously monitors...

Written Answers — Garda Communications: Garda Communications (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: A reply to the submission received from the Rialto policing forum was issued yesterday.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: Statistics in respect of the number of deportations of non-national parents of Irish born children since the Supreme Court decision in the L&O case in January 2003 are as follows: Month Year Number of parents of Irish born children deported February 2003 2 April 2003 1 May 2003 4 July 2003 4 August 2003 4 September 2003 1 October 2003 1 February 2004 2 ...

Written Answers — Status of Irish Born Children: Status of Irish Born Children (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person referred to by the Deputy is the Irish born child of a Nigerian woman who was deported on 26 August 2004. The decision to deport was taken after the woman's case had been fully considered in the context of the Refugee Act 1996 and the Immigration Act 1999, as amended. The woman presented herself to the Garda National Immigration Bureau on the afternoon prior to her deportation...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am considering the matter of Ireland's ratification of Protocol No. 12 in consultation with my Cabinet colleagues.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that these are applications for a Land Commission vesting which were lodged on 22 May 2001 — schedule Nos. 93618 and 93619 refer. I am further informed that a query issued to the Department of Agriculture and Food on 23 June 2004 and that this application cannot proceed until this query has been satisfactorily resolved. However, I assure the Deputy...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I understand that a capital grant application for over €918,000 was submitted by the group to my Department some time ago. The equal opportunities child care programme 2000-06 is a seven-year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in employment, education and training. The progress of the programme was commented upon very...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I understand that a capital grant application for over €655,000 was submitted by the group to my Department some time ago. The equal opportunities child care programme 2000-06 is a seven-year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in employment, education and training. The progress of the programme was commented upon very...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I understand that a capital grant application for over €655,000 was submitted by the group to my Department some time ago. The equal opportunities child care programme 2000-06 is a seven-year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in employment, education and training. The progress of the programme was commented upon very...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (5 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that the details supplied by the Deputy refer to four applications for first registration which were lodged on 8 May 2003 — dealingNos. D2003CK009404Q, D2003CK009406T, D2003CK009411P and D2003CK009416V refer. I am further informed that the applications are receiving attention in the Land Registry and, subject to no queries arising, should be...