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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (4 May 2005)

Michael McDowell: The information required by the Deputy regarding funding allocated to the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, for the years 2001-05 inclusive, is set out in the table below. Year Asylum Seeker Accommodation Allocation Administrative Allocation PAY Administrative Allocation NON-PAY â'¬ million â'¬ million â'¬ million 2001 0.82 2002 83.8 1.7 0.96 2003 76.5 ...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (4 May 2005)

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 of Fethard Garda station as at 3 May 2005 was one sergeant and one garda. I am further advised that local Garda management is satisfied with the current policing arrangements in the Fethard sub-district. Regarding Garda resources...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department approved the application to which the Deputy refers on 25 April 2005. The applicant will be notified of this decision as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: Further reports of acts of vandalism to cars and other anti-social behaviour in the area referred to in Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 3 March 2005 have been received by the Garda Síochána. Under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, proceedings have commenced against five persons for offences committed in the area. The sale of intoxicating liquor to young people in the area is...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: A report from the person in question was received and the incident remains under investigation and no person has been made amenable to date. It is not practice to comment upon ongoing Garda investigations, which are operational matters for the Garda authorities. To date in 2005, there are six recorded instances of similar attacks in the area of the towpath or canal bank. Garda foot patrols...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: An application for copy folio and filed plan in respect of the folio number to which the Deputy refer was lodged and completed on 19 April 2005. Application number C2005CK002741D refers.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the person in question has permission to remain in the State up to 13 May 2005 as a visitor and that no application has been received for a renewal of that permission. I am also aware that she has made an application for permission to remain in the State based on parentage of an Irish born child. The position regarding this application was outlined in my reply to the...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to Question No. 346 on Tuesday, 8 March 2005. I have received many representations, including one from the Castleblayney Committee, requesting that the persons concerned be permitted to return to Ireland. I am satisfied that these persons were deported following a fair and comprehensive examination of their asylum claims and of their applications for...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy has omitted to supply a visa application reference number. Therefore, unfortunately it has not been possible to identify the application in question. I am informed that a search of all applications recorded by my Department did not yield any current applications for a person with the same name as that supplied by the Deputy. Consequently, it is not possible to comment on the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department has not to date received a visa application in respect of a holiday visa for the person named by the Deputy for a visit in 2005. A previous visa application for the named person was received in 2004 and was sought to enable the wife of a non-EEA national employed under the work permit scheme to join her husband in the State. This application was refused as the visa officer was...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy has omitted to supply a visa application reference number. Therefore, unfortunately it has not been possible to identify the application in question. I am informed that a search of all applications recorded by my Department did not yield any current applications for a person with the same name as that supplied by the Deputy. Consequently, it is not possible to comment on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that a third application for capital grant assistance under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme, EOCP, 2000-2006, was submitted by this group to my Department some time ago. The group in question was approved for EOCP capital grant assistance of almost €54,000 in 2001 and a further capital grant of €410,000 in 2002. The group appealed this latter amount and was...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: Applications for naturalisation by the persons referred to by the Deputy were received in the citizenship section of my Department on 30 April 2003. These cases are under active consideration at present and I will inform both the applicants and the Deputy as soon as I have reached a decision.

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am advised that the group referred to by the Deputy declined the offer of an early meeting with the director general of the Irish Prison Service after the decision to relocate Mountjoy Prison to the site at Thornton Hall was announced. Officials from the Irish Prison Service did, however, meet with a group of representatives from the local school. All the relevant information about the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: An application was submitted on 31 March 2005, which is the closing date for applications, and received in my Department on 1 April 2005 seeking permission to remain in the State on the basis of her parentage of an Irish born child under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005. Applications are being dealt with as expeditiously as possible and, in so far as is possible, in...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Minister must consider 11 factors under section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, together with section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996, prohibition of refoulement, when considering whether to deport a person. The safety of returning a person, or refoulement as it is referred to, is fully considered in every case when deciding whether to make a deportation order. This means that a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The first main point that must be made is that the acquisition of Irish citizenship through the naturalisation process is a privilege — not a right. The discretionary nature of the naturalisation process is in keeping with international practice. Thus it is not the case that a person who has been resident here or in employment here has after a period of time — or even an extended period...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to Questions Nos. 164 on Thursday, 3 February 2005, and 265 on Wednesday, 9 March 2005. The person concerned is awaiting deportation following a comprehensive examination of his asylum claim and of his application to remain temporarily in the State. Late representations made regarding his medical condition were considered and were not deemed to...

Written Answers — Wildlife Acts: Wildlife Acts (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: With regard to the Deputy's reference to the endorsement of firearm certificates under section 2(d) of the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2000, there is no such provision. However, there is a provision under section 29 of the Wildlife Act 1976 which permits the hunting and killing of exempted wild mammals and birds. The Garda authorities inform me that these figures are not readily available. However,...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question, along with his wife, arrived in the State on 24 December 1997 and made applications for asylum. The wife gave birth the following month, January 1998. They subsequently withdrew their asylum applications and applied for, and were granted, permission to reside in the State on the basis of parentage of the Irish born child. The person in question was recently requested...