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- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: He will not listen to Deputy O'Keeffe, who will be up in the back benches wanting one of these things.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I am asking the Deputies to be consistent. If they were forming a Government, the Deputy would tell us what they believe. One of the Deputies says it is a good idea and another says it is daft. Let us hear the truth.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: If the Deputy comes up with the ideasââ
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I am not proposing that.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: Is the Deputy suggesting the Criminal Assets Bureau should lay off Border smuggling?
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: The answer to my question is clearly yes.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the persons concerned have recently been granted permission to remain in the State and that all original documents submitted have been returned to them.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I understand that the Immigration Division of my Department has been in contact with the person concerned, informing her of the decision regarding her application for permission to remain in the State.
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that local Garda management is aware of the ongoing public order and anti social behaviour problems being experienced by residents in the area referred to. Some of the incidents reported to the Garda authorities related to a number of derelict buildings being left insecure by their owners. The Garda authorities have advised the owners of these buildings...
- Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: Under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, it is a function of the Court Service to provide appropriate information on the courts. I have therefore arranged to have the matter raised by the Deputy referred to the Courts Service, which has informed me that it will reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: Following the submission to me in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, I decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda SÃochána. The Garda SÃochána Act, 2005 consequently makes provision for this and the CSO has established a...
- Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: The organisation, the subject of this Parliamentary Question is one of 65 Community based projects which my Department, through the Probation Service, provides funding to operate a range of services to offenders in local communities, e.g. pre-industrial training and education, offender management programmes, residential accommodation, drug and alcohol abuse treatment / intervention /...
- Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: The Sex Offenders Act, 2001 sets out the obligations on persons convicted of a range of sexual offences. A convicted sex offender must notify his/her name(s), date of birth and current home address to the Garda SÃochána within seven days of the conviction for the sexual offence concerned or, where the offender is sentenced to imprisonment, from the date of full release from prison....
- Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2007)
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 (all ranks) of An Garda SÃochána increased to a record 13,178 following the attestation of 273 new members on Wednesday 14 March, 2007. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 (all ranks) on 30 June 1997 and represents an...
- Written Answers — Gangland Killings: Gangland Killings (22 Mar 2007)
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 (all ranks) of An Garda SÃochána increased to a record 13,178 following the attestation of 273 new members on Wednesday 14 March, 2007. This compares with a total strength of 10,702 (all ranks) on 30 June 1997 and represents an...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: In the time available for answering Parliamentary Questions, it has not been possible to compile the detailed information requested by the Deputy. The information sought is being compiled at present and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (22 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 to 123, inclusive, together. I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 152, 153 and 154 on Wednesday, 28 February 2007. The position is unchanged.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: I had to use the guillotine in the end.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: The Constitution allows us to extend the life of the Dáil by another two years.
- Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)
Michael McDowell: Some 300 of them are in the process of changing over.