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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that there is no record of any application for Family Reunification for the person in question. A Family Reunification information leaflet detailing the application process for Family Reunification was issued to the legal representative of the person in question in October 2006 and again in September 2007 and to date there is no...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person referred to by the Deputy applied for Asylum on 30 December 2005. The claim was assessed by the Refugee Applications Commissioner who concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. The Commissioner's recommendation was communicated to her by letter dated 26 April 2006. This communication advised the person of her entitlement to appeal...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions 448 of 9 October 2007, 136 of 24 April 2007 and 258 of 31 January 2007. I have already informed the Deputy that it is likely that the application on behalf of the person concerned will be processed in early 2008. This is still the position. I will inform the Deputy and the person in question when I have reached a decision on the matter.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2008)

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 that...

Written Answers — Prisoner Transfers: Prisoner Transfers (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person referred to by the Deputy has made four separate applications for transfer to a prison in this jurisdiction under the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, all of which have been refused after careful consideration. In refusing the person's latest application for transfer, I believed that, on balance, he had closer ties to places other than this...

Written Answers — Paramilitary Organisations: Paramilitary Organisations (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1183 to 1185, inclusive, together. Pursuant to the Unlawful Organisation (Suppression) Order 1939, the organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army (also the IRA and Oglaigh ne hÉireann) continues to be an unlawful organisation. The so-called Real IRA (RIRA) continues to exist and is currently actively engaged in terrorist activity. The Garda...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1186, 1227 and 1228 together. The formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda stations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner in the context of the annual policing plan, as provided for in section 22 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Having approved the 2008 Annual Policing Plan I recently laid it before...

Written Answers — Illegal Weapons: Illegal Weapons (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990 legislates to prohibit the unlawful carrying of knives or articles which have a blade or are sharply pointed or any article made or adapted to cause injury. It is an offence for any person to manufacture, import, sell, hire or loan such weapons. Any person found guilty of such offences is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding €5,000 or...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: No data has been compromised because of lost data devices. In 2005, arising from burglary, four laptops containing no sensitive or private data were stolen from a Departmental building. No desktops have been lost or stolen. The Department has no record of stolen Blackberries, although a small number have been lost and not recovered to date. They were quickly missed, the accounts frozen and...

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1189 and 1190 together. The Expert Group on Children Detention Schools was tasked by the Minister for Children in 2006 to initiate and plan for the necessary redevelopment of existing children detention schools and for the development of new facilities to extend the children detention school model to all children who have been ordered to be detained by the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 6 March 2000 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Asylum Division, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), he was informed, by letter dated 30...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my previous answer to Question Number 1008 put down for answer on 26 September, 2007. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question made a Family Reunification application in May 2007. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question was received in the Citizenship section of my Department in October 2002. The file was forwarded to my predecessor in January 2005 and he decided to refuse the application. The reason for refusal was disclosed to the person concerned in a letter dated 2 February 2005. It is open to the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that one of the persons in question made an application for Family Reunification in June 2005 in respect of her mother, sister and daughter and an application for her husband in September 2005. Correspondence issued in April 2007 advising the person concerned of the decision made on her application. However, it would appear that...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person concerned should attend at their local Immigration office prior to the expiry date of their current permission to remain to seek an extension of same.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my previous answer to Parliamentary Question No. 1025 put down for answer on the 26th September 2007. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question made a Family Reunification application in March 2006. This application is under consideration by my Department and a decision will issue in due course. At the present time Family...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person in question arrived in the State on 16 April 2003 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Following consideration of her case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), as an exceptional measure, the person in...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person in question arrived in the State on 16 April 2003 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Following consideration of her case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), as an exceptional measure, the person in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. ...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to the replies to Parliamentary Question Numbers 695 and 1045 for answer on 26 June 2007 and 26 September 2007 respectively. The position remains as stated.