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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities, which are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength, all ranks, of the Garda Síochána as at 31 December 1997 and 20 March 2006 was 10,702 and 12,445, respectively. This represents an increase of 1,743, or 16.3%, in the personnel strength of the Garda Síochána during that period. I...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength, all ranks, of the Garda Síochána as at 31 December 1997 and 20 March 2006 was 10,702 and 12,445, respectively. This represents an increase of 1,743, or 16.3%, in the personnel strength of the Garda Síochána during that period. I have been...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength, all ranks, of the Garda Síochána as at 31 December 1997 and 20 March 2006 was 10,702 and 12,445, respectively. This represents an increase of 1,743, or 16.3%, in the personnel strength of the Garda Síochána during that period. I have been...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Garda central vetting unit, GCVU, was established in 2002 and currently processes vetting requests in respect of, inter alia, prospective full-time employees of the Health Service Executive and certain agencies funded by the Health Service Executive, as well as in respect of selected employments in other sectors. In 2004, an inter-agency working group on Garda vetting reported with a...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provides the total number of headline offences, by group, recorded and detected in the Garda division of Tipperary for the years 2000 to 2005, inclusive. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999 has led to more complete and comprehensive recording of crimes reported than was previously the...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provides the total number of headline offences, by group, recorded and detected in the Garda division of Cavan-Monaghan for the years 2000 to 2005, inclusive. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999 has led to more complete and comprehensive recording of crimes reported than was previously...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provides the total number of headline offences, by group, recorded and detected in the Garda division of Clare for the years 2000 to 2005, inclusive. I am pleased to note that the statistics show a decrease of 7% in recorded crime when comparing 2005 with 2004, a decrease of 16.8% when comparing 2005 with 2003 and a decrease of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I refer my colleague to the answers I gave to Parliamentary Question No. 59 on 2 February 2006 and Parliamentary Question No. 678 on 21 March 2006. The legal representatives of the person concerned wrote to my Department requesting a further opportunity to submit representations on his behalf and, as an exceptional measure, my Department has allowed these further representations to be...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may, at his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. Those conditions are that the applicant must be of full age, or by way of exception, be a minor born in the State, be of good...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that figures requested by the Deputy are not readily available at Garda sub-district level and could only be obtained with the expenditure of an inordinate amount of Garda time and resources.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: At present, when determining whether or not a foreign national should be admitted to the State to join an Irish national, a number of questions arise. One fundamental consideration in most cases relates to the extent to which the couple will in the future be in a position to support themselves without recourse to public funds. That in turn requires an evaluation of the nature and extent of...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that figures requested by the Deputy are not readily available at Garda sub-district level and could only be obtained with the expenditure of an inordinate amount of Garda time and resources.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities, which are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength of all ranks of the Garda Síochána as at 31 December 1997 and 20 March 2006 was 10,702 and 12,445, respectively. This represents an increase of 1,743, or 16.3%, in the personnel strength of the Garda Síochána during that period....

Written Answers — National Women's Strategy: National Women's Strategy (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: Ireland's commitment under the Beijing platform to create an action plan for women was fulfilled with the publication of Ireland's report to the United Nations on the national plan for women, in autumn 2002. The report, which was prepared following extensive consultation, described Ireland's commitments to advancing the status of women in Irish society. It was also envisaged that this work...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have requested the Land Registry to contact him directly concerning the current position of the application in question. I understand that, in circumstances where the completion of an application in a particular case is urgent, the Land Registry will make every reasonable effort to facilitate such requests on receipt of a written explanation as to the reason...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area in question is policed by gardaí from Raheny and Clontarf Garda stations. Current policing policy in the Raheny and Clontarf sub-districts is predicated on the prevention of crime, including crimes of violence against persons and property, and the maintenance of an environment conducive to the improvement of quality of life of the...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there were no prosecutions in 2005 for breaches of the three tonne limit at Reilly's Bridge, Ratoath Road, Dublin 7. I am further informed that this restriction is enforced and any breaches detected will be dealt with according to law.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there were ten convictions recorded in 2005 for the offence of no muzzle on a dog. The type or breed of dog is not recorded. The figures provided are provisional, operational and liable to change. Legislation on the control of dogs is a matter for my colleague the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I can inform the Deputy that my Department is endeavouring to purchase a site, the subject of this parliamentary question, from Kildare County Council. I wish to confirm that funding is available from my Department for the purchase of the site and for the building of a premises to meet the needs of the project in question. Planning permission has been obtained in accordance with the plans and...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my replies to the numerous parliamentary questions from him on this specific case — Parliament Question No. 149 of 26 January 2006, Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 9 February 2006, Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 16 February 2006 and Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 2 March 2006, a reply given to an Adjournment Debate on 23 February 2006 and Parliamentary...