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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: Unlike the Government's decentralisation programme, three areas from within Garda headquarters are scheduled to move. These areas comprise 203 staff, including 89 members of the Garda Síochána, from the Garda criminal records office, GCRO; the Garda central vetting unit, GCVU; and the information technology and fixed charge processing system, FCPS. The Office of Public Works has identified...

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

Michael McDowell: I understand that applications for staffing and capital grant assistance under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme, EOCP, 2000-2006, were submitted by the group to my Department in October 2004 and January 2005 respectively. The EOCP is a seven year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in employment, education and...

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

Michael McDowell: An application was received in my Department on 30 March 2005 from the person concerned 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. The passport from the person concerned was submitted with her application and will be returned to her by registered post shortly. Applications...

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

Michael McDowell: It is a fundamental requirement for consideration of applications under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005, that applicants submit a valid passport or national identity document as proof of their identity. This requirement cannot be waived. I am aware that some applicants are experiencing difficulties in obtaining these documents. Where appropriate, applicants are...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (28 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The lady in question wastransferred temporarily to accommodation at Portobello Harbour due to an outbreak ofchickenpox at Balseskin reception centre. The arrangement was for four weeks which is the usual quarantine period for an outbreak of that disease. She has since returned to the Balseskin centre where she can avail of a wide range of health services on site, including ante-natal care...

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

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that, at 8.10 a.m. on Sunday, 17 April 2005, the gardaí at Kevin Street Garda station were made aware that a male person lay injured in a specific area within Dublin 8. Gardaí attended the scene immediately and it was preserved. The scene was technically examined at 9.30 a.m. on the same date. The Garda authorities have further informed me that...

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy will be aware that, following the rejection by prisons staff of the proposal for organisational change in the Prison Service, I have decided to proceed with a range of measures consistent with the Government decision of November 2003, including the early enactment of legislation to privatise the prisoner escort service and parallel arrangements for tenders for privatisation of...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 to 230, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that section 105(1) of the Registration of Title Act 1964 provides that a land certificate, once issued, shall be produced on the registration of any subsequent transaction and "shall be either cancelled or so altered as to be brought into conformity with the register". The practice of...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 756 on Tuesday, 12 April 2005, in the above regard.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The declaration in question was examined recently by my officials and was found to have been lodged in accordance with the statutory provisions set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act. The person concerned has been informed of this in writing and has been requested to pay the statutory fee. A certificate confirming that the person concerned is an Irish citizen will issue as soon...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is in application under section 49, that is, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, under the Registration of Title Act 1964, which was lodged on 15 April 2005. Dealing number D2005WS004987A refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was for the purposes of allowing a non-EEA national travel to the State to take up employment. I can inform the Deputy that this application was refused by my Department on 25 April 2005. The applicant will be notified of this decision as soon as possible. The application was refused because the visa officer examining the case identified a number of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I presume the Deputy is referring to non-EEA spouses of Irish nationals. Marriage to an Irish national does not grant any automatic right to enter or reside in the State solely on that basis. Neither does it grant an automatic right to Irish citizenship following the coming into force of the Immigration and Citizenship Act 2001 which abolished the previous system of post-nuptial citizenship....

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: As a result of the rejection by the members of the Prisoner Officers Association of the proposal for organisational change in the Prison Service, I have instructed the director general of the Prison Service to immediately close the current facilities on Spike Island and at the Curragh. The Deputy will be aware that, following the Government decision of November 2003, these facilities were...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: It appears from the details supplied by the Deputy and from records held by my Department that the person referred to is currently in the State. Consequently, on foot of the information available, the issue of a visa does not appear to arise. However, if the Deputy is referring to an extension of leave to remain in the State, the person in question should contact the Garda national...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application referred to by the Deputy was for a re-entry visa to allow a non-EEA national, illegally resident in the State, to leave and subsequently re-enter the State. I am informed that the parents of the person in question arrived in the State illegally, in 1999, and subsequently claimed asylum. They later obtained permission to remain on the basis of their parentage of an Irish born...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (26 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 387 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the accommodation requirements for the Garda station referred to by the Deputy are under consideration. As I explained to the Deputy in Question No. 275 of Wednesday, 20 April 2005, the station is not for sale and there are no plans to sell it.

Written Answers — Drug Supply: Drug Supply (26 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities there is no evidence available to them which suggests ecstasy is available for supply in Dublin city for the price stated by the Deputy. I am further informed that the current intelligence information available to the Garda Síochána continues to suggest ecstasy seized within this jurisdiction is produced outside the State. As the Deputy is aware, the...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (26 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for transfer of all of folios MY14353F and MY26332F. Dealing number D2001SM009492Q refers. I am further informed that queries issued to the lodging solicitor on 21 April 2005 and that the application cannot proceed until these queries have been satisfactorily resolved. However, I assure the Deputy that on receipt of a...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (26 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for transfer of part which was lodged on 28 August 2000. Dealing number D2000SM006807N refers. I am further informed that queries issued to the lodging solicitors on 15 February 2005 and 19 April 2005 and that the application cannot proceed until these queries have been satisfactorily resolved. However, I assure the Deputy...