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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question Number 231, put down for answer on 28 June 2007. The person in question was the subject of a Family Reunification application which was approved in March 2002. Correspondence issued to the person concerned and his legal representative in August 2007 advising him that his permission to remain in the State was being renewed. The person in question...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. The RIA is currently accommodating almost 7,000 people in 60 centres in 22 counties. In addition to direct provision accommodation, the Agency operates a very limited number of self-catering accommodation centres in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (31 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 March 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in July 2005 and have approximately 11,200 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally dealt...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer to my answer to the Deputy's previous Dáil Question of 11 October, 2007 (ref: 23306/07) in respect of this person's dietary needs and her request for a transfer to alternative accommodation, specifically self-catering accommodation. The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of Wednesday 27 September 2006 and the written reply to that question. The first named person was granted permission to remain in the State on 9 July 2002 on the basis of his parentage of an Irish born child. This position still obtains. The second named person arrived in the State on 12 November 2004 and applied for asylum. Her application...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 2004, which commenced on 1 January 2005, provides that certain non-nationals are required to be resident in the island of Ireland for a three year period prior to the birth of their child, for that child to be entitled to Irish citizenship. This altered the previous situation whereby a child born in the island of Ireland was automatically entitled...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I would refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions 136 on 8th February, 2007 and 234 on 28th June, 2007. The person in question submitted an application for permission to remain in the State based on being a family dependant of the parent of an Irish born child who was granted residency under the IBC/05 scheme. A request for additional documentation issued to the person in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The implementation of the new Financial Management System for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, the Courts Service and the Property Registration Authority commenced in December 2002 and was completed in March, 2005. A Post Implementation Review was completed in December 2005 as an integral part of the system implementation and...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Office of the Minister for Integration is responsible for the promotion and coordination of measures to assist in the integration of legally resident immigrants. For obvious and practical reasons it is the primary responsibility of Departments and public authorities — The Health Service executive, local authorities, etc. to take account of the needs of this group of residents in...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 597 and 645 together. It is my intention to publish the Property Services Regulatory Authority Bill as soon as possible in 2008. Pending enactment of this legislation, a Chief Executive designate has been appointed and preparatory work for establishment of the Authority and implementation of the licensing system for property services providers is already underway.

Written Answers — Cultural Events: Cultural Events (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Office of the Minister for Integration is not aware of any particular demand from migrant groups for the holding of an event such as that suggested by the Deputy. A number of events, stressing the cultural heritage of various migrants groups are held, both at a national and local level. The holding of such events enables each community to learn more about the culture and history of each...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The registration of title in the Land Registry is governed by the Registration of Title Act 1964, the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 and the Land Registration Rules 1972 to 2007. The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to give legal advice in any individual case.

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a Garda investigation file has been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in respect of the incident referred to. The directions of the DPP are awaited. The DPP is independent in the exercise of his functions and, therefore, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 and 602 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 471 & 472 of 2 October, 2007 which deals with the various bodies, statutory and non-statutory, under my Department's aegis.

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) makes criminal history vetting disclosures to registered organisations in respect of prospective employees, volunteers and students on placement who would have substantive, unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults. Statistical information on the number of such vetting disclosures is not retained according to whether the activity in question...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 Scheme. The application was refused on 13th July, 2005 as the person in question did not meet the criteria of the scheme. My Department is currently...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for residence in the State on the basis of marriage to an Irish national on behalf of the person in question was received by the Immigration Division of my Department in March 2007. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently take up to twelve months to process. It should be noted that marriage...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 to 608, inclusive, together. I wish to refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 578 of 6 July, 2006. No new entities described as "task forces" have been set up by my Department since that date. The Deputy should note that the Youth Justice Task Force was established to review the youth justice system in 2004 and reported to Government in late 2005....

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The non-property costs incurred by my Department under the Decentralisation Programme up until the end of the third quarter of 2007 amounted to €1.26 million, as follows: Year/Quarter Non-Property Costs € End of year — 2005 585,177 Q1 2006 72,165 Q2 2006 61,256.29 Q3 2006 66,569 Q4 2006 63,389.71 Q1 2007 93,084 Q2 2007 113,147 Q3 2007 205,788 TOTAL 1,260,576

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 1292 of 30 January 2008, which provides a comprehensive progress report on my Department's decentralisation programme.