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Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that intelligence-led operations, primarily undertaken by specialist units of An Garda Síochána, under the remit of the Assistant Commissioner, National Support Services, including the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Garda National Drugs Unit, and the Organised Crime Unit are regularly undertaken, targeting those suspected of being...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An Garda Síochána, as part of its contribution to the Europol Organised Crime Report which was refined to become the Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA), undertakes an annual assessment of organised crime in Ireland. The most recent assessment was completed in November 2006. The analysis carried out for this report concludes that the nature of organised crime gangs continues to be...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Immigration Division of my Department requested documentation from the representatives of the person referred to by the Deputy in September 2007. On receipt of this documentation, the case will be further processed.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for both long-term residency and naturalisation are generally dealt with in chronological order as this method is deemed to be fairest to all applicants. Any backlogs and delays in processing such applications are primarily due to the significant increase in the volume of applications received in the last number of years and this upward trend appears set to continue in 2007. In...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Permission to remain granted under the IBC/05 Scheme for the parents of Irish born children born before 1/1/2005, is granted and renewed subject to the express condition that the granting of permission to remain in the State does not in any way confer any entitlement or legitimate expectation on any other person, whether related to the applicant or not, to enter the State. Single parents...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Long term residency was introduced by way of an administrative scheme in May 2004. The position in relation to granting long term residency is as follows: Persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit/work authorisation/work visa conditions may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In...

Written Answers — Immigration and Integration Issues: Immigration and Integration Issues (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I can inform the Deputy that I have no plans at this time to produce a green paper on immigration and integration. As the Deputy will be aware, in April 2005 my predecessor as Minister launched a public consultation process on the subject of immigration. The vehicle for this consultation process was a policy document outlining policy proposals for an Immigration and Residence Bill. The...

Written Answers — Immigration and Integration Issues: Immigration and Integration Issues (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Under the provisions of the Public Service Management Act, 1997 my Department is required to put in place a Statement of Strategy setting out its key goals and objectives having regard to the commitments contained in the Agreed Programme for Government and other Government priorities and initiatives which may be in place. My Department is at present engaged in that process and a Strategy...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is in Clontarf Garda sub-District. I am also informed that the open space referred to is private property. The area is not secure, and An Garda Síochána are in contact with the owners in order to have it secured. A number of incidents relating to anti-social behaviour, concerning groups of youths congregating in this area,...

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Bureau: Criminal Assets Bureau (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Criminal Assets Bureau operates under the Proceeds of Crime Acts, 1996/2005 (as amended). Under this legislation, monies or property frozen pursuant to Sections 2 or 3 of the Act remain frozen for a period of at least seven years. The only exception to this minimum seven year waiting period is whereby all relevant parties agree to the application of a section 4a order which allows for a...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Immigration Division of my Department has been in touch with the person concerned requesting further documentation. On receipt of these documents the application will be further processed.

Written Answers — Garda Communications: Garda Communications (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that it is the policy of An Garda Síochána that the overall responsibility for releasing information to the media rests with the Garda Press and Public Relations Office and members of An Garda Síochána are prohibited, except in specified circumstances, and without the authority of the Commissioner, from communicating either directly or indirectly...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have approved the application of the person in question and a certificate of naturalisation will issue once documents requested from the Citizenship Section of my Department have been received.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I understand from the Immigration Division of my Department that a decision to grant long term residency to the person concerned issued on 3rd November 2006. However, it would appear that the person referred to by the Deputy did not receive this correspondence. The Immigration Division has recently been in touch with the person in question advising them that the correspondence will now...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The statistics requested by the Deputy are not readily available and would require an inordinate amount of time to obtain and an inappropriate expenditure of limited resources. I can, however, provide the Deputy with the following statistics: Year Refused Granted 2006 917 1,239 2007 136 517 The number of applications currently on hand for long term residency is 5915. The General...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available and could only be obtained through the disproportionate use of resources. The table below shows the number of applications received and approved in the years 2000 to date and the number of applications refused in the years 2004 to date. These figures illustrate a significant upward trend in the number of applications received....

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for a certificate of naturalisation and applications for long term residency are dealt with in chronological order. Long term residency applications received in July 2006 and applications for a certificate of naturalisation received at the beginning of 2005 are currently being processed. While applications for a certificate of naturalisation and applications for long term...

Written Answers — Interception of Postal Packets: Interception of Postal Packets (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In accordance with Section 2 of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993, as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I consider every application to intercept. I also grant, where appropriate, all the relevant authorisations. Accordingly, the issue of delegation does not arise.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Nov 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In the case referred to by the Deputy, there was insufficient documentation submitted in support of the application. The applicant gave details of a reference in Ireland but included no letter of invitation with the application. Furthermore, the applicant did not meet the requirements with regard to supporting educational documentation. The documentation required when making a student visa...