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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for residence in the State on the basis of marriage to an Irish national was received from the person in question in May 2007. An acknowledgement of receipt of the application was issued on 6 June 2007. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently take approximately twelve months to process. It...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The only information I am in a position to provide the Deputy with is in respect of my area of responsibility, namely unaccompanied minors who have applied for asylum. The information is only available from 1998. The details are set out in tabular format below. Under the provisions of the Refugee Act, 1996, where it appears that a person is under the age of 18 years and unaccompanied, the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applicants for asylum who are awaiting a decision on their applications are rarely detained. Section 9(8) of the Refugee Act 1996 sets out the reasons for which an asylum seeker can be detained and subsequent provisions of the 1996 Act outline the conditions governing such detentions. Asylum seekers may also be remanded in custody in respect of criminal charges pending against them sometimes...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229, 234, 235, 237, 238 and 240 together. As the Deputy is aware, there is a statutory framework governing the asylum determination process in Ireland set out in the Refugee Act, 1996. The 1996 Act established two independent statutory offices to consider applications and appeals in respect of refugee status and to make recommendations to the Minister for...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy may be aware, the Government adopts a mainstream approach to the provision of services to asylum seekers. In that context, various Government Departments including the Departments of Social and Family Affairs, Education and Science, Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Environment and Local Government and Health and Children provide funding for local community groups. In...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is currently accommodating over 6,000 residents representing multiple nationalities in 58 centres throughout 25 counties. In relation to food, the RIA places particular emphasis on meeting, to the greatest extent possible, the dietary needs of residents and, in this regard, 28-day menu cycles are in place in all large centres. In small centres menus...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The information sought by the Deputy regarding female asylum seekers who have arrived in Ireland is set out below. The Deputy will wish to note that the statistics provided are approximate figures only. In relation to the additional information requested by the Deputy regarding children and male relatives associated with these applications, I am advised that this information is not readily...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Reception and Integration Agency is responsible, inter alia, for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the policy of direct provision. The direct provision system seeks to ensure that the accommodation and ancillary services provided by the State meet the requirements of asylum seekers during the period in which their requests for asylum are being processed. Through direct...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the level of domestic violence among asylum-seekers is not recorded separately from the incidence of such violence in the community generally. There is no basis for believing that domestic violence in accommodation centres is any more frequent than in the rest of the community.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that separate statistics are not maintained in relation to crime among asylum seekers. Accordingly, it is not possible to collate the information sought in the question without the allocation of considerable Garda resources to the task which would not be warranted.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by my Department that an application by the person in question was received by the EU Treaty Rights Section. Following an examination of this application, it was refused under Regulation 3(2) of S.I. 656 of 2006 (Free Movement of Persons), on 14 June 2007. The applicant was informed of the above decision by registered post on 14 June 2007. The Regulation requires that in order...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As the Deputy will be aware, a service for Deputies and Senators concerning the current status of applications of this type was introduced in May 2006. The service was introduced, inter alia, to provide a speedier and more efficient and cost effective alternative to submitting Parliamentary Questions. Under the provisions of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am committed to the provision of a Garda Town Centre CCTV system for Finglas. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the selected contractors have been requested to install the system and commencement is subject to the finalisation of contract details. The completion date for installation will be subject to the usual requirements of the planning process, permission for wayleaves and...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am delighted to say that my Department's decentralisation programme is fully on target. It is scheduled to run until 2009 and will involve the relocation of 885 posts to seven locations. By the end of this month, over 240 staff will have taken up duty in my Department's decentralised locations. The Private Security Authority (25 posts) is up and running in Tipperary, and the Garda...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Garda authorities, who are responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, that the personnel strength of Coolock, Raheny and Howth Garda Stations on 31 December, 2005, 2006 and on 3 July, 2007 was as set out in the table hereunder: Station 31/12/05 31/12/06 03/07/07 Coolock 88 98 110 Raheny 59 69 70 Howth 49 42 41 The personnel...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this and the CSO has established a...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the matter is currently being researched and a report will be submitted at an early date. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the matter is currently being researched and a report will be submitted at an early date. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that to date Garda Town Centre CCTV systems have been installed and are operational in the following locations in the Dublin area: Dublin (South Central) — comprising 25 cameras covering Temple Bar, Grafton Street and surrounding areas, with all cameras monitored from Pearse Street Garda Station; Dublin (North Central) — comprising 44 cameras,...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Jul 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Legislation creating an offence of recruiting, transporting, transferring to another person, harbouring or knowingly arranging or facilitating the entry into, travel within or departure from the State of a person for the specific purpose of the trafficked person's sexual or labour exploitation or removal of his or her organs is at present being drafted in the Office of the Parliamentary...