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Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 5th January, 2005, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: The number of applications for citizenship currently on hand for persons from Sierra Leone is 49. Statistics are not compiled in such a way as to provide the information requested by the Deputy. The average processing for the generality of applications is 25 months. However, processing requirements and time taken to complete necessary checks vary from case to case. I am unhappy with the...

Written Answers — Garda Promotions: Garda Promotions (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I recently received sanction from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the filling of six posts and on 22nd March the Government appointed one Deputy Commissioner, one Assistant Commissioner, one Chief Superintendent and three Superintendents in An Garda Síochána. As the Deputy will be aware, the moratorium on recruitment and promotions in the Public Service continues to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: 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 July 2010. The application is being processed in the normal way with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: An 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 May 2008. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person in question did not meet that statutory residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended. The...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 23rd November, 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to the replies given to his Parliamentary Question No. 1108 Wednesday, 25 September 2010, Parliamentary Question No. 149 Thursday, 25 November 2010, Parliamentary Question No. 517, Wednesday, 12 January 2011 and Parliamentary Question No. 203 Tuesday the 22 March 2011. The position is unchanged since the most recent reply. The person concerned is the subject of a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship section of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. 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...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 25th July, 2008, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 27th March, 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: The motion before the House proposes that Ireland should exercise the option, set out in Article 3 of Protocol 21 to the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union, to participate in the adoption and application of an EU directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of certain air travel reservation data - passenger name record, PNR, data - in the fight against...

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Am I right in that I have one minute to conclude?

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I firstly want to thank Senators who spoke for the support they have expressed for this particular proposal. I think the ultimate civil right that we all have is the right to go about our lives undisturbed by criminals or by terrorists, indeed, the right to get on a plane and know that you can safely fly to your destination without any fear of a bomb exploding or a terrorist taking over the...

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: In the context of the Senator's reference, there has been an estimate done of the approximate cost to airlines for providing information. The information that arises under this is information that airlines already acquire. I understand that across Europe there is not additional information that this directive requires to be acquired by airlines. Much or all of it is acquired at present. In...

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refuse to get engaged in that one. The cost is minimal and the additional protections are valuable way beyond the cost.

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Coming back to the contributions from Senator Regan and Senator Prendergast, the importance of co-operation within the European Union between police forces and co-operation within the justice area has considerable advantages for all of us. I will conclude on two notes. The first is to again thank Senators for their contribution. The contributions made will be taken into account in the...

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I know it is an issue that could keep this House engaged in a debate for many hours.

Seanad: European Directives: Motion (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I welcome Senator O'Toole's comment on that issue. It is a mirror image of a comment I made in the Dáil yesterday in response to a Dáil question when I said it is important that we debate issues of this nature and understand what we mean by them, whether we talk about neutrality or triple lock mechanisms. All of these are issues of relevance to the capacity of this State to engage...

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: Deputy Higgins is locked in an ideological groundhog day.

Service with UNIFIL: Motion (21 Apr 2011)

Alan Shatter: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the despatch, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, of a further contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established on 19th March, 1978 under UN Security Council Resolutions 425 (1978) and 426 (1978) and in...