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

Michael McDowell: It is well established in the case law of our Supreme Court that the right of a State to control the entry of non-nationals is a fundamental expression of national sovereignty which has been universally recognised from the earliest times. These are fundamental rights of the State itself as well as fundamental rights of the individual citizen. Notwithstanding the foregoing there is, as there...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (1 Mar 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that, in combating crimes with a racial motive, the Garda Commissioner approved the appointment of 145 ethnic liaison officers nationwide. The Garda racial and intercultural office provides training to the ethnic liaison officers. I understand that this is done in conjunction with leaders of ethnic minority groups and provides a good base for the...

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

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into suspected money laundering activity, a number of properties in the southern Garda region were searched in recent weeks in accordance with law. I am further informed that the home of the person in question was searched by the Garda Síochána but that no property of the kind described by the Deputy...

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

Michael McDowell: The programme for Government and the progress of my Department's equal opportunities childcare programme are confirmation of the Government's commitment to developing and reviewing childcare services and to keeping childcare at the front of its social agenda. The Government is making considerable progress in increasing the supply of centre-based child care places and in enhancing the...

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

Michael McDowell: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in March 2003. The application was submitted to me for a decision in January 2005 and I decided not to grant a certificate of naturalisation in that instance. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that an applicant for naturalisation must have...

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

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Registrar of Titles that there is no record of an application pending on this folio at present. If the Deputy can provide me with the date of lodgment of the application and a Land Registry reference number, I will make further inquiries on his behalf.

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

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Registrar of Titles an application for transfer was lodged in this case on 21 February 2002, dealing number D2002SM002434D refers. I have been further informed that the application was completed on 9 September 2004.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that an application for capital grant assistance under the equal opportunities child care programme was submitted by the group to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform some time ago. The programme is a seven-year development programme that aims to increase the availability and quality of child care to support parents in employment, education and training. As there is...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 152 together. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the practice of striking out "miles" and writing in "kilometres" on fixed charge notices is an interim measure pending the rollout of the fixed charge processing system. This interim measure has the approval of the law officers. I have been further informed by the Garda authorities that...

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: The legal basis for the appointment of prison chaplains is section 28 of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877. The Act does not contain a definition of "officer". It makes a distinction between the service of chaplains and medical officers on the one hand and other prison personnel on the other hand.

Written Answers — Visa Applications. : Visa Applications. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: Permission granted to non-EEA nationals to remain in the State is endorsed on their passports in the form of a stamp. On receipt of new passports, non-EEA nationals should return to their local immigration officer to have their current permission to remain endorsed in their new passports.

Written Answers — Prisons Building Programme. : Prisons Building Programme. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: The precise information requested by the Deputy is not readily available. The compilation of these statistics would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort to prepare and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.

Written Answers — Registration of Title. : Registration of Title. (24 Feb 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 lodgment of the application and a Land Registry reference number, I will make further inquiries on his behalf.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence. : Departmental Correspondence. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: A reply has now issued to the correspondence referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Garda Stations. : Garda Stations. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that a decision on the current and future requirements for gardaí at Tallaght is, as conveyed to the Deputy on 5 October 2004, presently under consideration.

Written Answers — Visa Applications. : Visa Applications. (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: I wish to confirm that visa application reference numbers 1582697 and 1644599 were approved on appeal on 10 May 2004 and 19 January 2005. The Department of Foreign Affairs was notified accordingly.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: The eight year period the Deputy is inquiring about spans two separate programmes, the most recent of which, the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme, EOCP, 2000-2006, is a seven year child care development programme. The earlier child care funding from my Department, up to 1999, made available a range of supports for community-based child care, including capital funding for over 100...

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

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that there is no record of an application pending on this folio 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 inquiries on his behalf.

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

Michael McDowell: I assume the Deputy's question arises in the context of the acknowledgement of correspondence issued by my Department on 24 January 2005. The correspondence in question comprises five pages and deals with a dispute which the person in question is having with the Revenue Commissioners, the circumstances giving rise to that dispute and the extent to which the conduct of the Revenue...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (24 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: When a person arrives in the State on foot of a visit visa and is granted a period of permission to remain it is expected that the person would leave the State when the permission expires. In this case the person in question did not leave the State but instead made an application for residency as indicated in the answer to Question No. 765 of 26 January 2005. The residency application will be...