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Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: While their implementation in full would depend on the availability of reliable, economical GPS technology, the introduction of a system of tagging in the old-fashioned sense of a home-based unit would allow implementation in part. The Department will conduct a feasibility test prior to commencing the electronic monitoring provisions introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2006. The exercise...

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: One could say that a person must be inside during certain hours of the day.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: It has proven successful and operable. For example, if one wanted to tell a paedophile that he or she could not go near a school, one would need the GPS system.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: A range of opinions were expressed about the Bill's proposals on the right to silence. Deputy Ó Snodaigh was critical while Deputy Jim O'Keeffe believed I was being too cautious. Perhaps I can take some consolation from being in the middle of this divergence of opinion and suggest that we may have achieved the right balance on this sensitive issue. As is clear to Deputies, the interim...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy was a member of the infamous group to be found in Gardiner Place.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: That is not true. I did not rubbish it.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy had a row with the senior Garda officer.

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.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: We did something in the 2006 Act to tighten up the position.

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 Síochána. The Garda Síochána 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 Síochána 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 Síochána 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 Síochána 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...