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Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have requested the Land Registry to contact him directly concerning the current position of the application in question. I understand that, in circumstances where the completion of an application in a particular case is urgent, the Land Registry will make every reasonable effort to facilitate such requests on receipt of a written explanation as to the reason...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The application in question was received by my Department on 7 September 2005. When assessing applications of this type, the visa officer will consider, among other factors, whether the level of salary of the worker would come within the ambit of qualifying for payment from public funds. In this regard the criteria set by the Department of Social and Family Affairs for eligibility for family...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: Garda youth diversion projects are a community-based, multi-agency crime prevention initiative which seek to divert young persons from becoming involved, or further involved, in antisocial and-or criminal behaviour, by providing suitable activities to facilitate personal development, promote civic responsibility and improve long-term employability prospects. By doing so, the projects also...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I understand that the person in question was working in the State on foot of a work permit which was valid until May 2003. However, subsequent work permit applications in 2003 and 2004 were withdrawn following the failure of the prospective employer to submit requested documentation. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State earlier this year, as an exceptional...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my written answer of 1 December 2005 in response to his parliamentary question. That answer dealt with the person's application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child born prior to 1 January 2005 under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005. With regard to her application for asylum, the person...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The refugee in question made an application for family reunification in respect of his wife and child under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996 in December 2004. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. The commissioner submitted a report on the investigation to my Department. The person...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The refugee in question made an application for family reunification in May 2005. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. When this investigation is completed, the commissioner will prepare and forward a report to my Department. Upon receipt of this report the application will be considered...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The refugee in question made an application for family reunification in respect of her five children under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. In support of her application she submitted five passports. During the course of processing this application, questions arose with regard to the authenticity of documentation submitted. Subsequent checks by document experts in the Garda technical...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: On 11 October 2005, an application was received from the person in question's guardian to have their permission to remain in the State, on humanitarian grounds, renewed. On 8 December 2005, the person in question's guardian was issued with a letter granting her and the person in question permission to remain in the State for a further period of one year. On foot of that letter, the person...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The person referred to by the Deputy arrived in the State in December 1996 and claimed asylum. That application was refused in June 1997 and leave to remain in the State was granted to her as an exceptional measure. An application for a certificate of naturalisation by the person concerned was received in the citizenship section of my Department on 4 December 2001. I considered this...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The main point that must be made is that the acquisition of Irish citizenship through the naturalisation process is a privilege, not a right. The discretionary nature of the naturalisation process is in keeping with international practice. Thus, it is not the case that a person who has been resident here has, after a period of time, or even an extended period of time, a right to...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The applicant in question made an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child born before 1 January 2005, under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005. One of the conditions of the revised arrangements is that the parent concerned be continuously resident in the State with the Irish born child since his or her...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I informed the Deputy in response to Question No. 227 of 24 November last that an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned was received in July 2005 and it is likely that it will be finalised around the middle of 2007. That is still the position.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the tables which follow this reply indicate the relevant figures for the headline offence of assault for each Garda district in the Carlow-Kildare division between 2002, the year in which I became Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and 30 November 2005. I am pleased that the number of assaults in the division decreased by 28%...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: Asylum seekers are people who come here seeking refugee status. Their asylum claims are thoroughly investigated. If they are found not to need protection under the Geneva Convention, they are no longer asylum seekers. They are given an opportunity to voluntarily go home or to give reasons they should not be deported before any deportation takes place. There are two fundamental underlying...

Written Answers — Gangland Killings: Gangland Killings (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to Priority Questions Nos. 48 and 49 of 23 November last.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: An appeal against the decision to refuse the visa application in this case has not been received by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It was open to the applicant to appeal against the refusal of the visa by writing to the Department's visa appeals officer within two months of the date of refusal, which in this case was 29 September 2005. It is open to the applicant to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: Section 8 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provided for the making of a declaration of Irish citizenship as post-nuptial citizenship by a non-national who had been married for at least three years to an Irish citizen who was Irish other than by naturalisation, post-nuptial citizenship or honorary citizenship. This process was repealed in the Irish Nationality and...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (15 Dec 2005)

Michael McDowell: The press office of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform issues press releases and statements to the media bye-mail only. Such documents are made available to all other interested parties shortly after their release on the Department's website, www.justice.ie.