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Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion. (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: One cannot put everything in.

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion. (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, it be an Instruction to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights that it has power to make provision in the Criminal Justice Bill 2004 in relation to: —the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2000 including increasing fines and penalties generally for firearm offences, creating mandatory minimum sentences for certain...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion. (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: While the Fine Gael leader is fond of referring to the number of crimes committed in recent years, he may be interested to note that during the two year term of the rainbow Government there were 102,484 headline crimes recorded in 1995 and a further 100,785 headline crimes recorded in 1996. Despite the fact that there were 600,000 less people living in Ireland and despite the fact that the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion. (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: To a large extent, these will pertain to issues already covered by the present set of amendments and to the Bill as initiated. However, I refer to a proposal on reckless endangerment of children arising from the recommendations of Mr. Justice Murphy in the Ferns Report. I also plan to bring forward some minor but necessary amendments to the European Arrest Warrant Act and the Garda Síochána...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion. (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: It will be included in another Bill.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The information requested is not readily available and is currently being researched. I will be in touch with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Sex Offenders Act 2001 provides for a notification system, sometimes called a register, for persons convicted of a sex offence in the State and, in certain circumstances, for persons convicted of a sex offence outside the State. The register is the property of the Garda Síochána and is not available to the public. In exceptional circumstances, such as where the Garda is aware of an...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The reception and integration agency, RIA, is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers. In replies to recent parliamentary questions I have outlined, in detail, current trends in asylum seeker numbers such as a fall in the number of new applications together with a fall in the number of families seeking asylum, and the consequent implications for the RIA. Accommodation provision is...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 160 together. Responsibility for the national child care investment programme has been assigned to the Department of Health and Children as part of establishment of the new office of the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with special responsibility for children. With regard to the application for capital grant assistance under...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 14 March 2003 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, he was informed by letter dated 16 February 2005 that the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person in question was received in the citizenship section of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 26 September 2005. The average processing time for an application for naturalisation is 24 months. It is likely, therefore, that the file will be submitted to me for decision in or around September 2007. If the person...

Written Answers — Bench Warrants: Bench Warrants (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities on the matters raised by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Bench Warrants: Bench Warrants (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: It has not been possible within the timeframe involved to collate the information required by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Morris tribunal was established by instrument of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, made on 24 April 2002, S.I. 175 of 2002. Its wording reflects the wording of a resolution passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas on 28 March 2002 to the effect that ten definite matters — numbered items (a) to (j) — of urgent public importance were to be the subject of inquiry. The...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The amounts spent on the Morris tribunal to date, broken down by year, are as set out in the following table: Year Cost â'¬m 2002 2.180 2003 6.764 2004 6.135 2005 6.202 (provisional) 2006 (to end Feb) 0.813 (provisional) As regards the amount spent on the investigation by Assistant Commissioner Kevin Carty, the position is that this investigation was...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: Ministerial State cars are placed at the disposal of Government Ministers and others pursuant to a long standing arrangement and are supplied to the following: the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste; 13 Government Ministers; the President, the Government Chief Whip; the Ceann Comhairle; the Attorney General; the Director of Public Prosecutions; the Chief Justice; and former Taoisigh and Presidents....

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: A non-EEA national who is residing in Ireland on the basis of marriage to an Irish citizen, and whose marriage subsequently fails, will no longer be residing in the State in accordance with the permission granted to them by my Department. This change of circumstances will necessitate a review of their situation by my Department. If I am satisfied that there is a legitimate basis for the...

Written Answers — Parental Leave: Parental Leave (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 provides for a range of improvements to the existing parental leave legislation which will offer greater flexibility to working parents. These include provisions to raise the maximum age of the eligible child from five to eight years and an increase in the maximum age of the eligible child to 16 years in the case of children with disabilities. The...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 18 April 2002 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, she was informed by letter dated 22 September 2004 that the...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (23 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: Operation Anvil commenced in the Dublin metropolitan region on 17 May 2005 with a view to addressing the problem of serious crime such as gun crime, robberies and burglaries and combating an emerging gun culture. At my request, Operation Anvil will be extended outside the Dublin metropolitan region during 2006. I also obtained funding to enable Operation Anvil to continue as long as it is...