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Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I have asked the Office of Public Works to prepare a development plan for the site. This plan will, when finalised, include detailed proposals for the utilisation and development of the site and will also take account of issues to include heritage and historical context as well as the proper and sustainable development of the area itself. I have been advised that the Office of Public Works...

Written Answers — Garda Contracts: Garda Contracts (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: In accordance with the provisions of the Garda Síochána Act, 2005, the Garda Commissioner has been appointed as Accounting Officer for the Garda Vote. This provision came into effect from 14th July, 2006. The Accounting Officer is responsible for the proper expenditure of money from the Vote and the safeguarding of public funds and property. He is accountable to the Oireachtas through...

Written Answers — Garda Communications: Garda Communications (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: Section 62 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 was enacted for the purpose of specifically prohibiting a person who is or was a member of the Garda Síochána or of its civilian staff, from disclosing information obtained in the course of his or her duties. The section provides stiff penalties — fines up to €75,000 and/or up to 7 years imprisonment for conviction on indictment — for...

Written Answers — Garda Insurance: Garda Insurance (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that paragraph 6.2(3) of An Garda Síochána Code (Volume III) provides for a Garda member, who is summoned as a witness in civil proceedings, to request a viaticum from the party by whom summonsed. The viaticum is for the purpose of covering the member's anticipated necessary travelling and subsistence expenses as a result of attending court. Such...

Written Answers — Garda Insurance: Garda Insurance (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between An Garda Síochána and AXA Ireland was signed by the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Executive of AXA Ireland on 22 April, 2005. The purpose of the MOU is to provide a framework to facilitate the implementation and operation of a partnership wherein An Garda Síochána and AXA Insurance Company come...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the number of persons reported missing, the number remaining untraced and number found dead for the years 2004 to 2006: Year Missing Person Reports Missing Persons Untraced Found Dead 2004 5,060 59 56 2005 4,319 48 77 2006 6,811 108 61 Statistics provided for 2006 are provisional, operational and liable to change.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the Family Reunification application from the person in question was refused on the 29th August 2006. The legal representative of the person concerned has submitted a request seeking a review of this decision together with further supporting documentation. This is currently being reviewed and a decision will issue in due course.

Order of Business (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Did the Deputy say "dissolution"?

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Property Registration Authority that Rules 17 and 18 of the Land Registration Rules 1972 deal with applications for registration based upon possession. Rule 17 makes provision for applications for registration based on possession. Rule 18 provides that every title to property the subject of an application under Rule 17 shall be examined under the supervision of the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 201 together. Under the Garda Síochána Pensions Orders, a widow's pension is payable on the death of a member or of a retired member of An Garda Síochána. While the person in question had been married to a member of An Garda Síochána, that marriage had been dissolved by decree of divorce. The member subsequently remarried. Since his death, a...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Aside from staff availing of statutory entitlements or entitlements consistent with their conditions of service as Civil Servants (annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, parental leave, etc.), no staff in my Department are not working and in receipt of full wages. In relation to staff availing of leave entitlements for the full month of March, the position is that as the month only ended...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004, which commenced on 1 January 2005, provides that certain non-nationals are required to be resident in Ireland for a period of three years prior to the birth of their child in order for that child to be entitled to Irish Citizenship. As the person referred to in the Deputy's question is an E.U. national, there is no restriction on her period of...

Written Answers — Airport Immigration Controls: Airport Immigration Controls (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Senior Garda management at the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) meet regularly with the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) and the airline operators utilising facilities at Dublin Airport to discuss issues relating to the implementation of immigration controls, air routes and flight schedules and other related matters arising at Dublin Airport. An Garda Síochána are engaged in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Foreign national parents of Irish citizen children do not have an automatic right to reside in the State solely by virtue of such parentage. An administrative scheme for processing applications for permission to remain in the State based on parentage of Irish citizen children finished in February 2003 subsequent to the Supreme Court's decision (23 January 2003) in the L & O cases. On 18...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that crime incidents are recorded on the PULSE crime recording system in accordance with the Garda crime counting rules, which are published in the Annual Reports of An Garda Síochána. The Garda Assistant Commissioner, Crime and Security has responsibility for ensuring that all crime reported is recorded in accordance with these rules. Since autumn...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: Section 12 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 (substituted by section 2 of the Road Traffic Act, 2003) provides that a member of An Garda Síochána may request the provision of a preliminary breath specimen or the provision of a blood or urine specimen from a person who the member is of the opinion has been involved in a collision. Section 15 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 provides a power to...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: There are two CCTV programmes in operation at present, the Garda CCTV programme and the Community-based CCTV scheme which I launched in June 2005. In addition to the Garda CCTV systems already in operation, contracts for systems in Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Tullamore have been placed and implementation will be completed in a number of weeks. Tenders have issued for another nine locations...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the cost of recruiting and training 2,000 gardaí is estimated to be in the region of €193 million.

Written Answers — Garda Remuneration: Garda Remuneration (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: The estimated annual salary costs including pay, allowances and employer's PRSI for 2,000 gardaí in their first year following qualification from the Garda College is €85.3 million.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (3 Apr 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a decision on the residency application recently issued in writing to the persons concerned.