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Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: When proposals are sufficiently developed to consult local residents I will certainly ensure they are consulted and that their viewpoint is listened to in regard to the construction of a prison on that site.

Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: This site does not have the architectural significance of the Céide Fields.

Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: It is remarkable that the opponents of the removal of Mountjoy Prison from a city centre location, which is grotesquely over-crowded and unsuitable, including the members of Dublin City Council, to whom Deputy Costello is well connected, have argued that it should be kept in its present location because they want to make it a conservation area in Dublin.

Prisons Building Programme. (12 Apr 2005)

Michael McDowell: There is huge opposition to any change in Ireland. I am fascinated by the fact that it all ends up as a heritage argument for leaving it in its present location and for not putting it anywhere else.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: With regard to the amount of money accruing from fixed charges and court fines in connection with which penalty points were imposed, this information is not readily available and could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources. I can inform the Deputy that all moneys received are surrendered to the Exchequer as extra Exchequer receipts and...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The information supplied is insufficient to determine what residency status the person in question requires to be in a position to purchase a house. However, it is open to non-EEA nationals who have been legally resident in the State for five years, on the basis of work permit conditions, to apply to the immigration division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The matter is an operational matter for the Garda Síochána in which I have no direct role. However, I am informed by the Garda authorities that on inspection of the vehicle in question it was noted that no insurance disc was displayed and an expired vehicle licence was displayed. A male nearby initially denied any knowledge of the vehicle. This same person subsequently claimed ownership of...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: There are four persons serving sentences for the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe. Pearse McAuley has received six periods of temporary release for compassionate reasons since his conviction in February 1999. During the same period, Michael O'Neill has received seven separate periods of temporary release, Jeremiah Sheehy has received six periods of such release and Kevin Walsh has...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: In February 2005 there were 815 stationary speed detection checkpoints mounted in the Dublin metropolitan region between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The premises in question is a six bed transitional accommodation project for women leaving prison. The project is designed to work primarily with women who would otherwise be homeless at the end of their sentence or while on temporary release. Accommodation is also provided, in limited circumstances, for women offenders in the community, under the supervision of the probation and welfare...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that correspondence was received from the person named by the Deputy on 4 February 2005 seeking the amendment of an entry on a folio and the reissue of the relevant land certificate and copy folio-file plan. Dealing number D2005SM001918B was set up for the purpose of effecting the desired amendment and I am informed that this application was completed...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49, acquisition of title by virtue of long possession, of the Registration of Title Act 1964, which was lodged on 1 October 2004. Dealing number D2004XS014480C refers. I understand that due to their complicated nature, applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of claims for registration...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 3 March 2005 to my colleague, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. I am to state that the person in question was granted leave to remain in the State on 4 March 2005 and is entitled to seek employment.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have no proposals to introduce a system on the lines proposed by the Deputy. The grant of a certificate of naturalisation is generally predicated on five years lawful residence in the State — excluding periods granted for the purpose of seeking asylum or for the purpose of study. Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of employment permit...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The major reduction in the number of asylum applicants is now giving me an opportunity to refocus resources on areas of service provision for non-nationals which are under resourced at present. Given the large number of staff involved and having regard to the reduction in the number of asylum applications being received in the State, I have engaged the services of PA Consulting Group in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my answers to Questions Nos. 166 of 18 November 2004 and 414 of 22 March 2005. To those answers I wish to add that the subject matter of the Deputy's question is not new, although it may be more prominent in public debate given the huge increase in our non-national population. Deputies from all sides of the House have raised concerns about service from the immigration...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the citizenship section of my Department on 13 February 2002. The application would have been briefly examined at that time to ensure the applicant had been resident in the State for the statutory five-year period. I considered the application on 31 March 2004 and decided not to grant...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I assume the Deputy is referring to a situation where the child, although born in Ireland on or after 1 January 2005, is not entitled by operation of law to Irish citizenship, as a result of changes to our citizenship laws which came into effect on that date. Subject to certain exceptions, those changes mean that such a child is not entitled to citizenship by operation of law where neither...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Government's road safety strategy 2004-2006 proposes that the Garda Síochána will enter into arrangements for the engagement of a private sector concern for the purposes of the provision and operation of a nationwide programme for the detection of speeding offences. Outsourcing of the operation of camera equipment would free up Garda resources for enforcement purposes, thus allowing...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001 introduced provisions governing the type of residency which was reckonable for the purposes of making an application for naturalisation. These provisions came into effect on 30 November 2002. At the same time, the number of applications for naturalisation being received was increasing dramatically. At that time, the process involved in examining...