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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416, 417, 418 and 434 together. I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who 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...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 423 to 425, inclusive, together. I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities and the following table gives the statistics for the number of robberies committed and detected in the Garda districts of Enniscorthy, Wexford, Gorey and New Ross for each of the years 2000-05. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 to 422, inclusive, together. It has not been possible, within the timeframe available, to collate the information required by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426, 427, 428 and 442 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table provides the total number of robbery and aggravated burglary offences where a firearm was used, recorded and detected in the Garda districts of Wexford, New Ross, Gorey and Enniscorthy for the years 2002-05. I am pleased to note that the table shows a reduction of...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 430, 431 and 438 together. I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities and the following table gives statistics for the number of rapes and sexual assaults committed and detected in the Garda districts of Enniscorthy, Wexford, Gorey and New Ross for each of the years 2002-2005. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432, 433, 439 and 440 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables provide the total number of headline offences, by group, recorded and detected in the Garda districts of Wexford, New Ross, Gorey and Enniscorthy for the years 2000 to 2005. The introduction of the PULSE computer system by the Garda Síochána in 1999 has led to...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that all members of the Garda Síochána who are authorised to carry a firearm are required to attend refresher training three times per year. Each Garda division is required to ensure that all members authorised to carry firearms meet the three times per year training commitment. I have been further informed that the training entails a one-day...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (28 Mar 2006)

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

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: I have requested the Land Registry Office to contact the Deputy directly concerning the current position of the application in question.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (28 Mar 2006)

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 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 Communications: Garda Communications (28 Mar 2006)

Michael McDowell: Access to e-mail to nominated members of the Garda Síochána is provided where required based upon operational needs. E-mail facilities are available to all gardaí from superintendent rank upwards. I am advised by the Garda authorities that the Garda Síochána information and communications technology strategy, which is currently being finalised, envisages an enterprise-wide e-mail system...

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

Michael McDowell: There will be a separate Fines Bill.

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...