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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to his earlier Parliamentary Question No. 164 of Thursday, 21 May 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 27 February 2006. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to his earlier Parliamentary Questions, Nos. 125 of Thursday, 12 February 2009, and 272 of Tuesday, 31 March 2009, and the written Replies to those Questions. The person concerned applied for asylum on 16 April 2003. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in September 2009. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 24 months. More...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 102 of Thursday, 14 May, 2009, in this matter. The up to date position is that the application for Subsidiary Protection in the State submitted by the person concerned is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified in writing...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The conditions are that the applicant must - be of full age be of good character have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the State immediately...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 95 of Thursday, 2 July, 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The up to date position is that the application for Subsidiary Protection in the State submitted by the person concerned is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in August 2009. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 24 months. More...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the person in question was refused Refugee Status in 2005 and is therefore not entitled to be issued with an Irish Travel Document. The person concerned was granted leave to remain in 2009 until 14 July 2010. In exceptional cases an application for an Irish temporary travel document may be considered. In all such cases...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 15 September 2003. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 285 of Tuesday, 26 May, 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The position in the State of the persons concerned falls to be considered in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The current position is that the person in question is illegally present in the State and is not entitled to work here. She has applied to Return Voluntarily to her home country through the International Organisation for Migration and this application has been approved by my department.

Written Answers — Traffic Fines: Traffic Fines (13 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: All moneys accruing from fixed charges for traffic offences are surrendered to the Exchequer as extra exchequer receipts and do not enter any Vote. Budgetary provision for the detection of traffic offences is made in the Garda Vote. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the amount of revenue accruing to the Exchequer from fixed charge notices for 2006, 2007,...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that seventeen members of An Garda Síochána, comprising one Detective Superintendent, two Detective Inspectors, two Detective Sergeants, two Sergeants, five Detective Gardaí and five Gardaí, are at present allocated to the investigation referred to by the Deputy. Ten of these are drawn from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, and the remaining...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department and bodies under its aegis employ some 25,000 staff, including civil servants, members of An Garda Síochána, Prison Officers and the Judiciary. In March 2009, the Government introduced a moratorium on the filling of vacancies in the public service, either by way of recruitment or promotion. Subsequently, the Government introduced an Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Equality Acts provide that it is an offence to discriminate against a person for employment purposes or in the provision of goods and services on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious belief, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller community. The Civil Partnership Bill 2009 amends the Equality Acts to extend this protection to civil...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to her.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is provided from May 2008 - when I was appointed Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform - to date. As Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform I have travelled abroad on nine occasions, seven of which were for the purpose of attending EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Councils. On the other two occasions I travelled to Oslo to sign...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Based on the information provided by the Deputy, my Department has no record of a visa application for the person referred to.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in June 2006. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 24 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 527 of Thursday, 9 July, 2009, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.