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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 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 — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 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 — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question was granted permission to remain in the State on the 11th of August 2005 following a Family Reunification application. I understand that the person's permission to remain expired on the 13th March 2007. The Immigration Division has recently written to the person concerned regarding this matter and it is...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy are currently being dealt with by officials in the Citizenship section of my Department. However, as the Deputy and the applicants are aware, a difficulty arose over the identities used by the persons in question on entering the State. My officials are continuing their efforts to satisfactorily...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: An application for residency in the State on the basis of marriage to an Irish national was received from the person in question in February 2007. An acknowledgement of receipt of the application was issued on 1 March 2007. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applications, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently take approximately twelve months to...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (20 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) as at 30 June, 1997 and represents an...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda Authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that they have made no decision regarding Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station at this stage. I should add that the formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda stations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner in the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the application is at the final stage of processing and as soon as a decision is reached the person concerned will be notified of same in writing.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. I would like to point out that there are no Directives currently overdue for transposition in my Department. EU Measure Transposition date Current position 1 Council Directive 2004/82/EC of 29 April 2004 on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data 05/09/2006 The transposition deadline is 6 September 2006....

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 239 and 240 together. As I informed the House on 31 January the Government approved the drafting of the Criminal Law (Trafficking in Persons and Sexual Offences) Bill 2006 last July. It is at present being drafted in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. The Bill is criminal law legislation which will implement the criminal law aspects of EU, UN and Council...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that there is no legal, operational or manufacturer's requirement for members of An Garda Síochána operating alcometer breath-testing equipment to wear gloves. Instructions on the correct handling of mouth-pieces to avoid contamination are given as part of the specific training members of An Garda...

Written Answers — Witness Intimidation: Witness Intimidation (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that formal identification parades are the main way identification of a suspect by a victim or witness is tested prior to court. Instructions issued to every member of An Garda Síochána set out how, based on established best practice and case law precedent, a parade should be conducted. At present this process does not involve a two-way mirror. The...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I understand from the Immigration Division of my Department that the persons concerned have recently been granted permission to remain in the State and that the passports have been returned to them.

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I wish to state at the outset that at no time was a commitment made by me to pay the costs of independent forensic tests in this case. My understanding is that agreement was reached under the auspices of the Coroner between the Garda Síochána, the Forensic Science Laboratory and solicitors for the Wheelock family to allow experts appointed by the Wheelock family to attend the Laboratory...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my letter to him of 27 February 2007, issued as a follow up to Question No. 202, which sets out the information sought by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. In the case of a non national applicant who is the spouse of an Irish citizen those conditions are that the applicant must: be...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that data entered onto PULSE, the crime recording system, is entered in compliance with the Data Protection Acts. I am further informed that incidents where required are updated and marked invalid if such be the case. If a person is not convicted in a court the result of the case is marked as non-conviction.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was recently received in the Visa Office, Moscow. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application in question has been approved.

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (20 Mar 2007)

Michael McDowell: Arrangements are being made for publication of the National Women's Strategy in the very near future.