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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted refugee status in April 2005. I assume the Deputy is enquiring about separate applications for Family Reunification that the person referred to made in July 2005 and in June 2006. In relation to those applications, the legal representative of the person referred to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 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 7th March, 2011, 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 (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my previous written reply of Tuesday, 17 May 2011 (Ref: 11224/11) in relation to the person concerned, a copy of which is set out below. The position remains unchanged. The person concerned made an application for refugee status in the State on 18 August 2003. The application was refused on 9 February 2005 and Judicial Review proceedings were lodged challenging this...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State on 10th October, 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was renewed in 2007 and in 2010, and is...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the position remains unchanged from my response to PQ No: 13212/11 dated 26th May: A decision was made on the Family Reunification application of the person in question and this decision issued on 24 May 2011. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 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 12 April 2010, 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 (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person concerned in November 2009 and I decided in my absolute discretion to grant the application. My officials have confirmed that a certificate of naturalisation was issued to the person concerned on 27 July 2011.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in March 2008. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been granted temporary permission to remain in the State, on stamp 4 conditions, for a two year period to 3 April 2013. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 28 April 2011. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of Tuesday, 22nd March, 2011 - set out beneath. The position is unchanged since then. 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 29 November 2006, that the Minister proposed to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: Since 1st January 2005, the entitlement to Irish citizenship of persons born on the island of Ireland to non-national parents is governed by sections 6A and 6B of the Irish Nationality & Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The Act states that a person born in the island of Ireland shall not be entitled to be an Irish citizen unless a parent of that person has, during the period of 4 years...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 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 15 October 2010, 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned applied for asylum on 29 June 2005. His asylum application was refused by the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. 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 10 November...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to is the subject of a Family Reunification application made in March 2009. The case is currently under consideration by INIS. I understand that some further information is necessary in order to progress the application and INIS has recently been in contact with the person's legal...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 7 July 2011. The position is unchanged since then. The reply was as follows: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and of his application...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned. I remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 18 November 2005 which required her to remove herself from the State and remain outside the State. She failed to do so. She subsequently gave birth to a child in the State on 1 October 2009 and claimed asylum for that child on 21 April 2011. She was given an undertaking on the 29 April 2011 that her deportation would not...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (14 Sep 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 11 May 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 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 24 November 2008, re-issued on 28 November 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State on 15 March 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was renewed in 2007. A decision to grant the...