Results 16,181-16,200 of 18,761 for speaker:Michael McDowell

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for sub-division which was lodged on 1 March 2005. Dealing number D2005CK005303N refers. I am further informed that this application was completed on 18 March 2005.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of personnel and resources, that the personnel strength of the Laytown Garda station, as at 21 March 2005, was eight. Laytown Garda station is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 1p.m., Monday to Saturday, and from 12 noon to 1 p.m. on Sundays. When the Garda station is not open, public access call box and...

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

Michael McDowell: The Garda national immigration bureau removed a total of 35 Nigerian nationals on a charter flight to Lagos on the night of 14-15 March 2005. The persons concerned were mainly former asylum seekers who had their claims for refugee status refused after full consideration by one or both of the two independent statutory offices established to consider such applications, which are the Office of...

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

Michael McDowell: The Connect project was launched in 2000 as part of the Irish Prison Service training and development programme. The funding involved is provided annually by the Exchequer as part of the prisons Vote. Expenditure since 2000 has gone mainly to funding salary and incidental costs incurred in providing vocational training in the prisons and the provision of support to the project by the National...

Written Answers — Prisoner Welfare: Prisoner Welfare (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy's question refers to a recent media report suggesting that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is widespread among prisoners. Given the complex and specialised nature of such a diagnosis, any research aimed at establishing the actual prevalence of this condition among the prison population would require the input of experts with particular knowledge of the area. I...

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

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received in the citizenship section of my Department on 1 April 2003 from the person referred to by the Deputy. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that an applicant for naturalisation must have one year's period of residence in the State before the date of the application and a total of four...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that an application for capital grant assistance under the equal opportunities child care programme, EOCP 2000-06, was submitted by the group to my Department in March 2004. 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 training. The group in question has already...

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...