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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: There are a number of ways in which New Zealand nationals may become resident in Ireland depending on their individual circumstances and the purpose for which they are in the State. For example, residency may be granted to a non-EEA national for the purposes of employment, to study, to operate a business or as a dependent family member of an Irish or EEA national resident in the State....

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department has implemented a new financial management system, or FMS, from July 2004. The FMS operates in several ways for the payment of mileage expenses. The normal method of claiming is through an expense system which calculates the amount due against the appropriate rate tables. The number of miles is stored by the system in these cases. Other travel expenses are calculated on...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 20 February 2001 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, he was informed by letter, dated 20 February 2003, that...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 10 February 2002 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. He was notified of my decision to refuse him refugee status by letter of 8 July 2003 in which he was informed of the three options open to...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibility: Ministerial Responsibility (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: Section 3 of the Public Service Management Act 1997 provides that a Minister of Government having charge of a Department shall, in accordance with the Ministers and Secretaries Acts 1924 to 1995, be responsible for the performance of functions that are assigned to the Department pursuant to any of those Acts. That statutory position applies to me as a Minister of Government in charge of the...

Written Answers — Irish Prison Service: Irish Prison Service (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: On security grounds, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the route taken by prison vans while escorting prisoners. However, I have asked the director general of the Irish Prison Service to bring the Deputy's concerns to the attention of the appropriate governors.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The persons concerned arrived in the State on 21 March 2003 and applied for asylum. Their applications were refused following consideration of their cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. Subsequently, in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, the first named person was informed by letter, dated 7 October 2004, that the Minister proposed to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The persons concerned made an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of their parentage of an Irish-born child, under the revised arrangements on 23 February 2005. Their applications were acknowledged on 28 February 2005. Applications are being dealt with as expeditiously as possible and, where possible, in order of receipt. A significant number of incomplete...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: A deportation order was made in respect of the applicant to whom the Deputy refers on the 21 June 2003. He was notified of this by registered letter, dated 11 November 2003. The applicant instituted judicial review proceedings on 1 December 2004 challenging the deportation order. These proceedings are ongoing and, accordingly, as the matter is sub judice, it would not be appropriate to...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 4 April 2002 and claimed asylum. His application was refused by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and he was notified of this recommendation by letter of 8 November 2002. His subsequent appeal was refused by the Office of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and he was notified of this recommendation by letter of 30 September 2003. He was...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was refused by my Department at initial stage, on 14 September 2004. The Deputy should note that marriage to an Irish national does not automatically carry any entitlement to the granting of a visa to enter the State. In cases such as this, the visa officer will, among other considerations, look for sufficient evidence of a clear pre-existing...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138, 172 and 173 together. The €499 million Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-06, EOCP, includes a measure which provides grant assistance towards staffing costs for community based not for profit child care services which serve disadvantaged parents through the provision of reduced cost child care to support the parents when they are in...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have received representations from solicitors representing the sister of one of the victims of the Grangegorman murders of 6 and 7 March 1997 requesting that there be an independent public inquiry into the Garda investigation of the murder. As I have indicated to the House previously, I am not at present satisfied that the investigation which has been performed has fallen short of the...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of Garda resources, including personnel, that the Drimnagh area is policed by gardaí attached to Crumlin and Sundrive Road Garda stations. The personnel strength of Crumlin Garda station as at 9 March 2005 was 88 including all ranks. The personnel strength of Sundrive Road Garda station as at 9 March 2005...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 5 January 2004 and claimed asylum. His application was refused by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and on appeal by the Office of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. He was notified of my decision to refuse him refugee status by letter of 20 October 2004 and afforded three options: to leave the State before his case was considered for...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: My Department has not as yet received a formal application for a transfer to this country under the Council of Europe convention on the transfer of sentenced persons in respect of this person from the United Kingdom authorities. My Department has made inquiries of the United Kingdom authorities in this case and has been informed that the United Kingdom authorities are currently collating the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: A person who is lawfully resident in the State is under a legal obligation to register with the Garda Síochána. Thus, even though a person has the permission of the Minister to be in the State, he may be in breach of immigration law if he or she fails to register. However, the converse of this situation is that if a person has, through some error or omission, failed to obtain a stamp in his...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength, by rank, of the Garda national drugs unit as at 9 March 2005 was as set out hereunder: Rank Number Chief Superintendent 1 Superintendent 2 Inspectors 3 Sergeants 10 ...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda Síochána that for security reasons it would be inappropriate to detail the quantity of drugs stored at any particular location at any given time.

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (10 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the number of seizures and the value of drugs seized by the national drugs unit in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 are as in the table. Year No. of Seizures Estimated Street Value â'¬ 2001 31 29,584,250 2002 29 29,856,000 2003 39 39,129,200 2004 31 20,129,200 The second table sets out details of joint operations carried...