Results 15,601-15,620 of 16,849 for speaker:Dermot Ahern
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I said what I did in order to give the House the fullest of pictures.
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I do not accept that.
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I gave the Deputy the figures in relation to the number of deportation orders signed and effected. Then I said that in those years there were also voluntary returns. I said, "So as to give the House the full picture I should also add that in the period in question so many voluntary returns...", and then there was the issue in relation to the free movement of persons. I was trying to give...
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: If it is so easy to do the maths, why then should I try to mislead the House? What I was trying to do was to give the fullest of pictures with regard to those people who are in the system and who have left the State-----
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: -----either noticed or unnoticed by the State.
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: That is a change for the Deputy.
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I do not have the figure for the proportion of those returning voluntarily who had been served with a deportation order. With regard to the mode of return, when a person is issued with a notice of intention to deport - the 15-day letter - he or she is given the option, among others, of returning voluntarily to his or her country and is provided with contact details of the International...
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: A target of 145 returnees was set under the new programme, which runs from March 2010 to February 2011.
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I do not have any information on travel agents.
- Deportation Orders (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I understand that is organised directly with the IOM and not through my Department.
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The need to modernise the prison estate and replace Mountjoy Prison has been well documented by both the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The prison development at Thornton Hall remains a cornerstone of our prison modernisation programme. The Government recently approved the...
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I am sorry. The total figure is not â¬24.46 million but â¬42.46 million.
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The site cost-----
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I am sorry; I must raise my voice because of the shouting.
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: The cost of the site was almost completely offset by the sale of surplus prison lands at Shanganagh, County Dublin, for â¬29 million. An additional 8.7 acres has also been acquired at a cost of â¬1.3 million to provide a dedicated access route to the main prison site. This was done following representations from the local community. The total expenditure to date also includes â¬7.3...
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I am not sure whether Deputy Shatter was being sarcastic, but tree planting is very important to the local community. Substantial consultation took place before the project and one of the conditions specified by the community was that a considerable amount of tree planting would take place to offset the look of and potential noise from the prison. With regard to the overall cost, many of the...
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: In the meantime, as I have said many times in reply to parliamentary questions-----
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: -----we also have interim solutions.
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: Sorry?
- Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)
Dermot Ahern: I do not accept that it is in an isolated rural area. It is in an area which is contiguous with Dublin and will be accessible. I am surprised that even Deputy Rabbitte accepts that having a major prison in the city centre of Dublin is a good idea in this day and age, particularly given the difficulties in keeping drugs out of that location. This will be a purpose-built prison. Given that...