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Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The visa appeal in question was received in the immigration division of my Department on 29 September 2004. Documentation submitted with the appeal stated that the applicant has a child in her home country, yet no birth certificate in respect of this child was submitted in support of the application. It was also noted that the appeal did not contain any documentation to confirm that the...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that gardaí at Raheny and Clontarf Garda stations police the Dublin 3 area. Additional supporting patrols are provided by the divisional unit and the detective branch. Community gardaí are also assigned to these areas and they have an excellent rapport with the local community. I understand that current policing plans in the area are predicated...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that two persons have been charged in respect of three of the reported burglaries in the area and investigations are continuing into the remaining break-ins. The personnel strength of Fitzgibbon Street Garda station at 18 October 2004 is 177 — all ranks. Two dedicated community gardaí, with committed regular, detective and crime task force...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that there has been no decision taken to close Mountjoy Garda station. As I indicated previously with regard to Fitzgibbon Street Garda station, the Office of Public Works has identified health and safety issues which require the station to be vacated. The Office of...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy will be aware, the CCTV advisory committee, which was established by the Garda Commissioner to advise on CCTV matters, has received a report from the chief superintendent DMR north central, which outlines the CCTV requirements of the division. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the advisory committee is still considering this report and is not in a position to...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that a series of complaints have been received regarding street prostitution in the Dublin 7 area. To date in 2004, there have been 134 arrests of women for involvement in prostitution. There is no provision under current legislation for sending warning notices or follow-up warning notices to individuals cautioned regarding soliciting under the...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that Glanmire Garda station is open to the public between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and between 12 midday and 1 p.m. on Sundays. I am further advised that the extension of the current opening hours to 24 hours would necessitate the employment of Garda personnel on indoor administrative duties and the Garda authorities are of the...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy will be aware that there are plans to build a new Garda station in Glanmire. The construction of a new station at a new location in Glanmire will depend on a number of factors, including the availability of financial and other resources and priorities within the Garda building programme. Accordingly, it is not possible at this stage to provide a timescale for the completion of the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 466 and 479 together. The petition referred to by the Deputy was received in my Department on 26 June 2002. It was not possible to respond individually to the petitioners, of whom there were in the order of 2,000, but officials in the citizenship section of my Department have set out the position on a number of occasions to some of the signatories to the...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy will be aware, 17 locations throughout the country, including Waterford, are set to receive town centre CCTV systems. This expansion is being implemented on a phased basis as follows: phase 1 — Bray, Dundalk, Dún Laoghaire, Finglas, Galway and Limerick; phase 2 — Athlone, Clondalkin, Tallaght and Waterford; and, phase 3 — Ballyfermot, Carlow, Castlebar, Clonmel, Ennis,...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that an application for a Garda CCTV system in Dungarvan has been received by the CCTV advisory committee. The committee was established by the Garda Commissioner to advise on all matters relating to CCTV systems. This application is under consideration by the advisory committee along with applications from other cities and towns throughout the country....

Written Answers — Disability Support Service: Disability Support Service (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 175 of 13 October 2004.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Government legislative programme, which was published on 28 September, makes provision for a Bill to abolish ground rents. As I have stated previously on matter, publication of the Bill is subject to the resolution of possible constitutional and practical difficulties. The constitutional difficulties are related to the respective rights of ground rent tenants and landlords, while the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: An application for permission to remain in the State based on marriage to an Irish national was received from the person concerned in January 2004. Applications of this type are dealt with in chronological order and currently take approximately 16 months to process.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472 and 494 together. As announced by my colleague the Minister for Finance on 3 December 2003, the Office of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner will be partially decentralised to Tipperary town together with other staff from the asylum area. It is anticipated that 186 staff will decentralise to Tipperary town....

Written Answers — National Identity Card: National Identity Card (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: I assume the Deputy is referring to provisions in the Intoxicating Liquor Acts. The Intoxicating Liquor Act 1988 (Age Card) Regulations 1999 provide for a voluntary, national age-card scheme. Age cards can be obtained by persons who have attained 18 years of age to confirm that they have attained the legal age for the purchase of intoxicating liquor. The 1999 regulations set out detailed...

Written Answers — Private Security Authority: Private Security Authority (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Private Security Services Act 2004 provides for the establishment of the Private Security Authority. Part 2, section 7(2) of the Act specifies the membership of the authority shall include: (a) at least one person who is a practising barrister or practising solicitor of not less than five year's standing; (b) two persons each of whom the Minister considers to be representative of private...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 30 May 2002 and claimed asylum. His application was refused and he was notified of this decision by letter of 30 January 2003. His subsequent appeal was refused and he was notified of this decision by letter of 28 November 2003 in which he was informed of the three options open to him at that point. His options were to leave the State before the...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (19 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 the Garda Síochána as at 15 October 2004 was 12,117, all ranks. The number and rank of gardaí who have left the Garda Síochána due to ill health, retirement, death, dismissal or otherwise in each of the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (19 Oct 2004)

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the citizenship section of my Department in July 2002. The application is being processed and I will inform both the Deputy and the applicant as soon as a decision has been reached.