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Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application under section 49 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 — acquisition of title by virtue of long possession — which was lodged on 24 September 2004. Dealing No. D2004SM008211Q refers to this application. I understand that due to their complicated nature applications under section 49, which require detailed examination of...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the CCTV advisory committee has received a report from the chief superintendent DMR north central, outlining the CCTV needs for his divisions. The committee is still considering this report and is not in a position to make recommendations to the Commissioner at present. I understand that two gardaí employed full time in the area concerned...

Written Answers — Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: On 21 February 2005, the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland signed protocols setting out the operational arrangements for secondments and personnel exchanges between the two police services, in accordance with Article 3 of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Police Co-operation of 29 April 2002. In relation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: An implementation plan in respect of the decentralisation of the immigration and asylum sections of my Department was prepared last year and submitted to decentralisation implementation group. It is available on my Department's website. Progress has been made with regard to property solutions to fulfil the accommodation brief for the staff decentralising to Tipperary. A number of sites have...

Written Answers — Prisons Building Programme: Prisons Building Programme (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: It has not been the practice to identify officials by name. However, I can tell the Deputy that the two members of the committee were both officials of the Irish Prison Service with responsibilities relating to capital projects in the prisons area.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am scheduled to visit Argentina on behalf of the Government for the St. Patrick's week celebrations. A full itinerary of events is being finalised for my visit. My proposed itinerary includes meeting members of the Argentinian Government and legal figures, such as the Minister for Justice of Argentina, the Lord Mayor and the Justice Minister of Buenos Aires. I am attending the St. Patrick's...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 20 April 2003 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 a letter dated 12 August 2004 that the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The visa application in question was to enable the wife of a non-EEA national employed under the employment permit scheme to reside with him in the State. A worker employed under the employment permit scheme may be joined by his or her spouse and minor children after the worker has been in the State for one year and has been offered a contract for a further year. The worker must also be able...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The Deputy will appreciate that correspondence received by the Garda Commissioner is a matter for the Commissioner's office and not my Department. I am however aware that the content of this correspondence refers to the policing arrangements in place for Dalymount Park and as I informed the House in Question No. 420 of 15 February 2005 policing arrangements for public events and in locations...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that there is no record of an application pending on these folios at present. If the Deputy can provide me with the date of lodgement of the application and a Land Registry reference number I will make further enquiries on his behalf. I am further informed that an application concerning, inter alia, the two folios referred to by the Deputy was lodged...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that an application for capital grant assistance under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 was submitted by the group in question to my Department some time ago. The programme is a seven year development programme which aims to increase the availability and quality of childcare to support parents in employment, education and training. As the Deputy may be aware,...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The applicant in question can apply for a certificate of naturalisation. On the basis of the information supplied I am not in a position to advise further on this matter. Further information and the necessary application forms may be obtained from my Department's website www.justice.ie, or by telephoning the citizenship section helpline on Lo-call telephone No. 1890 551500 on Tuesdays or...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 330 together. A working group on speed cameras chaired by my Department and consisting of representatives of the Garda Síochána, the Department of Transport and the National Roads Authority is currently examining how the provision, operation and processing of the output of speed cameras would operate, including how camera sites will be chosen. Work...

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: Data from inquiries and inquests regarding fatal road traffic accidents is already available under current systems of work of coroners. I am conscious, however, that there is scope for better collation and dissemination of information by coroners so that it is available for researchers, among others. I can confirm that the organisation and structure of the Coroners Service is being considered...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that these are two applications for first registration which were lodged on 8 May 2003. Dealing Nos. D2003CK009404Q and D2003CK009411P refer to these applications. I am further informed that these applications were completed on 10 January 2005.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person in question made an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being part of a family unit where the parents of that unit have been granted residency. The application was received in October 2004. Applications of this type are dealt with in chronological order and those received in July 2004 are currently being processed.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the visa section of my Department that this application was refused on 5 February 2005. In assessing any visa application, the visa officer will consider various matters, including whether it is reasonable in all the circumstances to conclude that the applicant would fully honour the conditions of the visa, for example, it is unlikely that the applicant would overstay the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: Council Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1347/2000, which applies as from today 1 March 2005 does not provide any new measures in relation to divorce. The regulation restates the provisions on divorce which were contained in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: The revised arrangements which I have introduced for the making of applications for permission to remain on the basis of the parentage of a child born in Ireland prior to 1 January 2005 apply only in cases where the parents are and have been resident in the State since the birth of the child. The arrangements do not apply in respect of parents who are not resident in the State. A separate...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 325 and 331 together. As the Deputies may be aware the equal opportunities childcare programme, EOCP, provides grant assistance towards the staffing costs of community based not-for-profit childcare services which have a clear focus on disadvantage. Funding under the staffing measure of the EOCP is only made available to help support the staffing costs of...