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Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (4 May 2005)

Michael McDowell: A considerable amount of contingency planning has been undertaken to ensure the continued running of the prison system in the event of industrial action by prison officers. As I have previously stated, the Garda Síochána and Defence Forces personnel would have a major role to play in such an eventuality. The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious operational and security reasons, I am not...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (4 May 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 446 and 447 together. A considerable amount of contingency planning has been undertaken to ensure the continued running of the prison system in the event of industrial action by prison officers. As I have previously stated, the Garda Síochána and Defence Forces personnel would have a major role to play in such an eventuality. The Deputy will appreciate that...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (4 May 2005)

Michael McDowell: For security reasons, it would not be appropriate for me to put this information into the public domain.

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

Michael McDowell: The agent referred to by the Deputy was acting on a professional basis on behalf of the vendor of the Thornton Hall site. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate for me to identify this individual by way of reply to a parliamentary question.

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

Michael McDowell: The minutes of the Mountjoy site selection committee have been published and are in the public domain. I understand that a person associated with a local residents association has secured leave from the High Court for a judicial review of the decision to select the site and, accordingly, it would be inappropriate for me to comment in relation to the negotiations which took place.

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

Michael McDowell: I presume that the Deputy is referring to the Reception and Integration Agency. The number of staff working in the agency at 30 April 2005 is 59.5. The staff of the agency are recruited through the normal channels of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Public Appointments Service. In addition, in recognition of its wide-ranging remit, the agency also has a number of...

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

Michael McDowell: On 28 March 2000, the Government approved the establishment of the Reception and Integration Agency under the aegis of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It replaced the directorate for asylum support services and incorporated the refugee agency, which previously operated under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Reception and Integration Agency is headed up...

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.