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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (11 Jun 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that from time to time and on an intelligence led basis, immigration officers attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), who are based at Dublin Airport, conduct immigration controls at the door of or on board aircraft which have arrived at the Airport. The undertaking of immigration controls in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (17 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1094, 1095, 1096 and 1097 together. An Garda Síochána has oversight of the first registration and renewal of immigration residence permissions for non-EU/EEA/UK nationals residing outside of the Dublin area. I have no role in regard to the scheduling of these appointments. The waiting time for appointments outside of Dublin is dependent on the...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: ...or persons resident in Ireland have been deemed suitable parents to adopt by the Adoption Board of Ireland and wish to adopt a non-national child from outside the State, an application for an Immigration Clearance letter should be made to the Foreign Adoptions Unit, Immigrations Services, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. The Immigration Clearance letter is issued in lieu of a visa to allow a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2017)

Charles Flanagan: An initiative, entitled Operation ‘Gull,’ between the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the UK Immigration Service was commenced in 2003 by the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the UK Immigration Service to combat immigration abuses within the Common Travel Area, with checks conducted at ports and airports in both jurisdictions.  These operations have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...could be made by a senior official in my Department on 23 May 2022. These issues included how best to incorporate efficiently a new area of work, given significant pressures on the resources of the immigration system as travel resumes and given the need to manage the timely issue of temporary protection status to thousands of Ukrainians in the past weeks.  Following the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (11 Jul 2023)

Helen McEntee: I am happy to inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer the Visa was issued on 04 July 2023. Entry into the State is solely at the discretion of the Immigration Officer at the port of entry. The onus is on the individuals to have all documentation relating to their reasons for entering Ireland for presentation to the Immigration Officer to gain entry. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: I am happy to inform the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer the Visa was granted on 30 January 2024. Entry into the State is solely at the discretion of the Immigration Officer at the port of entry. The onus is on the individuals to have all documentation relating to their reasons for entering Ireland for presentation to the Immigration Officer to gain entry. The...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jan 2012)

Alan Shatter: It is open to the persons concerned to make an application to change their immigration status by writing to the General Immigration Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. However, I have been informed that the persons concerned arrived in the State on 19 May 2006 and were granted permission to remain here as students. Unless there has been...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The following table shows the number of Immigration Officers working at approved airports throughout the country, on a full/part-time basis: Airport Full-Time Part-Time Dublin Airport 121 — Waterford 2 2 Cork 9 2 Farranfore, Kerry 1 8 Shannon 13 — Galway 5 1 Knock 8 — Sligo 1 14 Carrickfin, Donegal — 4 Members of An Garda Síochána who have been appointed as Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (6 Sep 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Immigration Service of my Department that it has received a request for permission to remain in the State from the person referred to by the Deputy. I am further advised that the Immigration Service issued a request to the person concerned for further documentation on 10 July 2019, and are yet to receive a response. Queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (25 Sep 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Immigration Service of my Department that the person concerned made an application for the Special Scheme for students 2005-2010 on 18 December 2018. The processing of this application is ongoing and a decision has not yet been finalised. The applicant will be contacted by the Immigration Service once a decision is made on the application. Queries in relation to the...

Written Answers — Immigrant Services: Immigrant Services (5 Oct 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Noel Ahern: ...well underway. Within this category I announced in August last that the Government has approved the allocation of €574,989 from the Dormant Accounts Fund to six projects targeted at vulnerable immigrant families. The key objective of this funding is to provide supports that will increase the employability of vulnerable immigrant families who have been granted refugee status or who have...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (2 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 159 together. Every person landing in the State, including the holder of a visa, is obliged, pursuant to the provisions of section 11 (2) of the Immigration Act, 2004, to furnish to an Immigration Officer such information in such manner as an Immigration Officer may reasonably require for the purposes of the performance of his or her functions. The...

Written Answers — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Additional resources have recently been allocated to the Garda National Immigration Bureau which will enhance the enforcement capacity of the Bureau in respect of immigration legislation and operations conducted in furtherance of this role. Operation 'Sonnet' is an ongoing initiative targeting the land border with Northern Ireland and other strategic locations in Garda border divisions to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Mar 2024)

Helen McEntee: My Department's Registration Office in Burgh Quay is responsible for registering immigration permissions for customers residing in the Dublin area only. An Garda Síochána has oversight of the first registration and renewal of immigration residence permissions for non-EU/EEA nationals residing outside of the Dublin area. I have no role in regard to the scheduling of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Racial Profiling (17 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...human rights, recognising relevant constitutional and international obligations in this area. In this regard, I have been advised that relevant personnel within An Garda Síochána and Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), in particular, are provided clear instruction to not engage in racial profiling, in the course of fulfilling immigration-related duties. The GNIB was...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (10 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person referred to by the Deputy is a Moldovan national and as such requires a visa to enter the State and requires a work permit in order to take up employment in the State. This person entered the State on 19/12/2002 to take up employment. She has resided legally here since that date by registering on a yearly basis...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigration Data (26 Sep 2017)

Simon Coveney: The regulations governing immigration into the United States are a matter solely for the U.S. authorities and immigration from Ireland to the U.S. is not and has not been the subject of bilateral agreements, formal or informal. Until 1965, immigration into the United States was based on a system of national quotas, with the quota per country set at two per cent of the foreign-born population...

Written Answers — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (3 Oct 2006)

Michael McDowell: The Scheme of the Immigration Residence and Protection Bill, which I published recently, makes provision for a new and integrated framework for the effective management of migration to the State. An integral part of that framework will be the ability to make and publish statements of the Government's immigration policy in relation to any aspect of immigration including, where necessary,...

Written Answers — Immigration Registration Certificates: Immigration Registration Certificates (28 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...2007, the person concerned presented at Carlow Garda Station for the purpose of fulfilling his obligations to register as a non EU national in compliance with the provisions of Section 9 of the Immigration Act, 2004. The person concerned was not in possession of documentation required of him by the Immigration Officer to whom he presented. He was therefore granted a permission pursuant to...