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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a formal certificate confirming the Irish citizenship of the person concerned issued to her by registered post on 16 June 2005.

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy is aware, Ennis is one of 17 locations nationwide which has been selected to receive a Garda CCTV system. This programme of implementation of CCTV systems is being implemented on a phased basis as follows: phase one — Bray, Dundalk, Dún Laoghaire, Finglas, Galway and Limerick; phase 2 — Athlone, Clondalkin, Tallaght and Waterford; and phase three — Ballyfermot, Carlow,...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was only recently received, on the 15 June 2005, by my Department's visa section and is pending assessment. Applications are currently taking, on average, four to six weeks to process.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: There is no record in the immigration division of my Department of an application for residency having been received from the person concerned.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for transfer of part, which was lodged on 7 April 2004. Dealing Number D2004CK008150T refers. I am further informed that this application was completed on 21 June 2005.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question is a failed asylum seeker who is the subject of a deportation order. He subsequently sought to invoke European Union law on free movement to have that order set aside on the basis of his marriage to an EU national worker. Following consideration of the relevant provisions as enshrined in Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68, the application was refused as the EU national was not...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Although the Deputy has not supplied a visa application reference number, my officials believe they have located the application in question, reference number 1518085. I can inform the Deputy that this application was approved by my Department on 2 June 2005.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was received by my Department on 23 May 2005. The application in question was to enable the wife of a non-EEA national employed under the employment permit scheme travel to the State to reside with him. A worker employed under the employment permit scheme may be joined by their spouse and minor children after the worker has been in the State for one...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Although the Deputy has not supplied a visa application reference number, my officials believe they have located the application in question, reference number 1518084. I can inform the Deputy that this application was approved by my Department on 2 June 2005.

Written Answers — Victims of Crime: Victims of Crime (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have no plans at present to recommence core funding for the Victim Support organisation. The disbursement of funding to support victims of crime is now a matter for the new Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime. The commission is an independent body established in March 2005 with a remit to devise an appropriate support framework for victims of crime into the future and disburse...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that there is no record of an application pending on the folio number quoted by the Deputy at present. If the Deputy can provide me with the date of lodgement of the application and a Land Registry reference number, I will make further inquiries on his behalf.

Written Answers — Refugee Legal Services: Refugee Legal Services (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: As the Deputy may be aware, the Refugee Legal Service, RLS, is a specialised service within the Legal Aid Board providing confidential legal advice and assistance at all stages of the asylum process to persons applying for asylum in Ireland. The services provided by the RLS include assistance with regard to judicial review of recommendations of the Office of Refugee Applications Commissioner,...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that following a post mortem the cause of death of the person referred to in the Deputy's question was found to be drowning. The death was fully investigated by the Garda Síochána. This included a visit to the scene by a scene of crime examiner before the body of the deceased was removed and an examination of the deceased's car. All known witnesses...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I would refer the Deputy to the replies I made to Questions Nos. 290, 293, 295 and 298 on Wednesday 15 June 2005 and to the statement made by the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, to the Seanad during the Adjournment debate there on 15 June 2005 about these cases. The position remains the same. I do not intend reversing the decisions to deport these persons...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I would the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 8 and 43 of today's date. The Garda central vetting unit, GCVU, carries out criminal record vetting in respect of, inter alia, prospective full-time employees of the Health Service Executive and in certain agencies funded by the executive, as well as in respect of prospective child care workers on equal opportunities childcare schemes funded by...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department did not incur any expenditure with regard to the two Nice treaty referenda.

Written Answers — Unlicensed Trading: Unlicensed Trading (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand from the Garda authorities that the retailer concerned is in possession of a retail licence issued in accordance with the powers conferred on the official censor under section 18 of the Video Recordings Act 1989 to sell video recordings by retail or to let them on hire from his business premises. I am informed by the Garda authorities while the retailer referred to by the Deputy...

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: I can advise the Deputy that my Department, through the probation and welfare service, provides funding to 69 community based-projects and programmes nationally. The target group for the projects, supported by the probation and welfare service, are offenders who have been before the courts or who have been released following a period of detention. The overall objective of the...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: There are seven EU directives which have been adopted by the Council of the European Union but have yet to be transposed into domestic legislation in Ireland. One of these directives, Directive 2004/57/EC, has passed its deadline for transposition. It is anticipated that this directive will be transposed later this year by way of a Statutory Instrument under section 3 of the European...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy were received in the citizenship section of my Department on 21 January 2005. The average processing time for such applications is currently 24 months. On the basis of the current average processing time, therefore, it is likely that the applications of the individuals concerned will be finalised in...