Results 361-380 of 18,463 for speaker:Michael McDowell

Written Answers — Garda Management Systems: Garda Management Systems (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed that the Garda SMI implementation steering group is in the process of finalising its report which will be forwarded to me in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for a transfer of part and charge which was lodged on 21 October 2003 — dealing No. D2003SM008544B refers. A reply has been received to the query issued to the lodging solicitor in December 2003. I am further informed that this dealing is associated with dealing No. D2002SM009309J and that registration cannot proceed until...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for a copy map which was lodged on 4 December 2003 — application No. P2003SM227907C refers. I am further informed that as the lodging solicitors have already made a copy map application for the same folio prior to this application which has been issued, they intend to withdraw this application.

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The Garda Síochána (Admissions and Appointments) Regulations 1988, as amended, govern entry to the Garda Síochána and provide that applicants generally must be at least 18 and under 26 years on the first day of the month that the competition is advertised. The regulations provide for some extension to the upper age limit for applicants with certain specified service in the Defence Forces....

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: : The person concerned entered the State on 26 April 2002 and applied for asylum on 29 April 2002. The Refugee Applications Commissioner recommended that his claim be refused and he was informed of this recommendation on 11 October 2002. He appealed this recommendation on 18 November 2002. The refugee appeals tribunal affirmed the recommendation and he was informed of this decision on 18 July...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person referred to by the Deputy was refused refugee status in the State following consideration of his case by the refugee applications commissioner and on appeal by the refugee appeals tribunal. In accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, he was informed that it was proposed to make a deportation order in respect of him and he was given the following options: to make...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The application in question was approved on 3 February 2004.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: Section 26 of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978 applies in this case and that the acquisition of fee simple for dwellings leased to a tenant by a housing authority is a matter for said housing authority and is not a matter for my Department.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: It is anticipated that in the region of 200 staff, the bulk of whom will be from the asylum-immigration area of the Department, will be moving to Tipperary town under the decentralisation programme. The precise configuration of staff and services is being considered at the moment and once this has been finalised, I will be in a position to outline the categories of staff involved in the move...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for a transmission which was lodged on 21 January 2004 — dealing No. D2004SM000580C refers. I am further informed that, subject to no queries arising, the application will be completed within the next few weeks.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The person concerned arrived in the State on 2 May 2001 and applied for asylum on the same day. She was interviewed about her claim for refugee status on 8 October 2001 by an officer of the refugee applications commission. Her claim was subsequently refused on 5 March 2002. The person concerned appealed this decision on 27 March 2002, and had her appeal heard by the refugee appeals tribunal...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for a Land Commission schedule which was lodged on 15 September 1994 — schedule No. 92504 refers. Land Commission schedule applications are deemed to be registered as of the date of vesting which is prior to the date of lodgement of the documents in the Land Registry. Accordingly, registration in the Land Registry of Land...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that the dealings referred to by the Deputy relate to an application for a transmission of part — D2001WS007521X — which was lodged on 13 September 2001 and completed on 23 January 2004, an application for a transfer of part — D2002WS004809V — which was lodged on 24 June 2002 and completed on 29 January 2004, and an application for a deed of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: An application for naturalisation on behalf of the person in question, who is a minor, was received in the citizenship section of my Department on 26 August 2003. Some additional information was requested in connection with this application in September 2003 and I understand that while a response to this request was received on 5 February last, the information provided was incomplete. My...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: The intention is that prisoners who transferred from the Curragh Place of Detention to the Midlands Prison on 19 and 20 January 2004, will continue to have access to education classes. The Deputy will appreciate that the transfer of the 85 prisoners concerned has involved inevitable short-term disruption to their education provision. This disruption arises not only because of the significant...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: Standard procedure in our prisons is that all properties, personal or otherwise, of those committed to custody must be recorded and searched in accordance with the regulations. Over the past two weeks, a total of 120 prisoners were committed to the Midlands Prison, 85 of whom transferred from the Curragh Place of Detention. As the Deputy can appreciate, the practicalities associated with...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: It is my policy and the policy of the Government to prioritise Garda recruitment and training to bring the strength of the force up to its maximum authorised strength of 12,200 as soon as possible making maximum use of the existing capacity of the Garda training college at Templemore. There were 690 Garda trainees taken into the college during 2003. The Commissioner has projected, based on...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 13 February 2003 relating to the information sought for the year 2002. The information sought by the Deputy in respect of 2003 is set out in the following table. This information does not include any expenditure by the courts, the Garda Síochána, the Prisons Service, the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds direct from their...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: Section 15 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003 provides that a licensee shall not permit a person aged 18 to 20 to be in the bar of licensed premises if that person does not produce an age document to the licensee. "Age document" is defined in section 15 as including a Garda age card, a passport, an identity card of a member state of the European Communities, a driver licence or a document...

Written Answers — Business Permission: Business Permission (17 Feb 2004)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 378 of 9 December 2003. Business permission is the permission granted by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to non-EEA nationals who wish to become established and engage in business in the State in a capacity other than as an employed person, for whom an employer would have to obtain a work permit. The criteria to be met by an...