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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the area referred to by the Deputy forms part of the Kevin Street sub-district. The personnel strength of Kevin Street Garda station as at 24 May 2004 was 116, all ranks. The policing of this area consists of patrols by local uniformed gardaí, the district...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: The visa application in question has recently been approved.

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: Sections 13 and 14 of the Court and Court Officers Act 2002 provided for significant increases in the monetary and jurisdictional limits of the Circuit and District Courts. As the Deputy will be aware, the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, has recently been established. I will consider the commencement of sections 13 and 14 when sufficient time has elapsed to consider the impact the...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that statistics supplied by the Garda Síochána to Europol during 2003 for inclusion in its annual report of the organised crime situation across the EU listed 17 major criminal gangs and approximately 100 groups overall operating in this country at that time. However, the Deputy will appreciate that the position in relation to criminal gangs does not...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that an application for a Garda CCTV system in Mullingar has been received by the CCTV advisory committee. This committee was established by the Garda Commissioner to advise on all matters relating to CCTV systems. This application is under consideration by the advisory committee along with applications from other cities and towns throughout the country....

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for first registration which was lodged on 9 April 1998. Dealing number D1998GY002092A refers. I am further informed that this application was completed on 20 May 2003.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I was unable to establish from the information provided if the person has made a visa application. My Department has established a separate visa office in Beijing which processes all visa applications made in China. As the person in question is a Chinese national, she should contact that visa office, which is located at the Irish embassy in Beijing, to make her visa application to visit Ireland.

Written Answers — Anti-Racism Measures: Anti-Racism Measures (25 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I understand from the NCCRI that the claims made by the Deputy, which I believe emanate from recent newspapers reports, are somewhat exaggerated and may be only partially correct. The Garda racial and intercultural office monitors racist incidents reported to the Garda Síochána and the office has informed me that there has not been a sharp increase in the number of racist incidents reported...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Second Stage. (20 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Adoptive Leave Act 1995 was introduced to provide leave similar to maternity leave for an adopting mother after the placement of a child into her care. The purpose of the Act was to redress a perceived anomaly that women who adopted children were excluded from the maternity leave entitlements in place under the Maternity Protection Act 1994. The 1995 Act replicates all the relevant...

Seanad: Adoptive Leave Bill 2004: Second Stage. (20 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I think it would be better to take it as read. I do not wish to delay proceedings and I am anxious to hear the contributions of Members sooner rather than later. I will refer briefly to other important developments taking place in regard to adoption. My colleague, Deputy Brian Lenihan, the Minister of State with special responsibility for children, initiated a consultation process last year...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: That was not the case in the South.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: We must ask the media too.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: That is because it is more lenient on the Senator than on me.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: Exactly.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am pleased to have an opportunity to discuss this issue, given its importance to the administration of justice in this jurisdiction, the political situation in Northern Ireland and, not least, the family of the late Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Detective Garda Ben O'Sullivan, whose courage and dignity I salute. I regret the tone of the remarks that have been made here this evening....

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: A House of Commons committee cannot send people to prison.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I cannot send people to prison. The Senator should not be foolish——

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I cannot put people in prison. I have just explained that it is one thing to have——

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: I do not think the Senator knows what he is talking about in this——

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion. (19 May 2004)

Michael McDowell: This is going on in our society and I will not be silenced on it. The people must know what is going on because those moneys are not being accumulated for some international charity; they are being used for the purposes of the entire provisional movement. This is self-evident to anybody who wants to inquire into it. We face a challenge to our republican values and to our democratic system....