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Written Answers — Garda Resources: Garda Resources (6 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...patrols. Additional patrols are carried out by the divisional crime task force, traffic corps units and drug units. Particular initiatives, involving patrols by the Garda mounted unit, the Garda dog unit and the air support unit are concentrated in the Tallaght area on a regular basis. Under Operation Anvil, additional checkpoints are also being carried out in the area. Local Garda...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (30 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: I am informed by the Garda authorities that two dog handlers from Cork and a further two dog handlers from Limerick have commenced training with a view to establishing a Garda dog unit in the southern region as a pilot initiative. I am further informed that an evaluation of this initiative will be carried out at the end of the pilot period and consideration will then be given to extending the...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (29 Nov 2005)

Michael McDowell: ..., the new policy will involve the implementation of a range of new supply elimination measures such as mandatory drug testing, new visiting arrangements and the introduction of drug detection dogs.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (4 Oct 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...further augmented by the divisional crime task force based at Crumlin Garda station, the divisional traffic unit based at Terenure Garda station, and the national support units such as the Garda dog unit, the air support unit, and the mounted unit. I am further advised that local Garda management is satisfied that the resources currently attached to Tallaght Garda station are sufficient to...

Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (22 Jun 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...one person would suffice, people would be banging the table here and saying that the Patten Commission's proposal was the only way forward and that a single person commission was some kind of lap-dog of the Minister that was obviously deficient, and all the reasons would have been given the other way. Having listened to the debate and adapted these proposals to meet all the criticisms...

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

Michael McDowell: ...the area are provided by the divisional crime task force based in Crumlin and the divisional traffic unit based in Terenure. As part of Operation Assist, patrols by elements of the Garda mounted, dog and air support units have been carried out in the Jobstown area. Garda personnel assigned throughout the country, together with overall policing arrangements and operational strategy are...

Seanad: Privacy and Defamation: Statements. (9 Feb 2005)

Michael McDowell: ...we simply do not agree with them. However, the same applies to them. They find what politicians do irritating on some occasions or simply do not agree with them. Let us remember that this is not a dog-eat-dog situation. As Senator Kett said, the media generally and the democratic institutions need each other since one would not be there without the other. Let the media remember that they...

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

Michael McDowell: ...to normal operational requirements, the Garda mounted unit has also been deployed in support of Operation Assist on a trial basis. In that role, the unit, in conjunction with the Garda air support, dog and water units, has been deployed to the cities and towns of Limerick, Cork, Galway, Carlow, Clonmel and Dundalk. In addition, the unit carried out public order patrols in Letterkenny on 2...

Seanad: Independent Monitoring Commission Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (9 Dec 2003)

Michael McDowell: ...which operates on a diplomatic and political level and not within the purview of domestic litigation. If it falls into that latter category, all its activities will, going by past experience, be dogged by litigation, and this will embarrass rather than enhance the peace process.

Seanad: Immigration Bill, 2002: Committee Stage (Resumed). (29 Jan 2003)

Michael McDowell: ...ticking. That being the case, it would be almost impossible to prove in court compliance with the statutory time limits. It would be a matter of speculation as to whether something was eaten by the dog, mislaid or not delivered. I cannot envisage circumstances where it would be possible for the State to enforce this law to say the time started on one date and ended on another. That would...