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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 12 April, 2004 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. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), she was informed, by letter dated 9 September, 2005 that...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 7 October 2003 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner 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 16 August 2005, that...

Written Answers — Voluntary Assisted Return Programme: Voluntary Assisted Return Programme (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned wrote to my Department on 10th October, 2007 indicating that he wished to apply to return voluntarily to Congo-Brazzaville. A reply was issued on 16th October advising him of the various options open to him and he was asked to contact either the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) who would assist with travel costs and travel documents if necessary, or the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the first two persons referred to in the Deputy's question were received in the Citizenship section of my Department in July 2006 and an application from the third person referred to was received in February 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in July 2005 and have approximately 6,000 applications...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: This applicant applied for asylum on 1st August, 2003. His application was refused and a Deportation Order was made in respect of him on 21 July, 2005. Under Statutory Instrument No. 518 of 2006, which transposed Council Directive 2004/83/EC into Irish law, persons in respect of whom a deportation order was made before 10 October, 2006 are not automatically entitled to have an application for...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (7 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The confiscation of drugs (or suspected drugs) is recorded by our prisons under the generic description of "prohibited articles/substances". An accurate breakdown of statistics as requested by the Deputy is not available without the manual examination of records going back over a considerable time period. Such an examination would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that drugs coming into their possession in the course of investigations are destroyed upon the determination of court proceedings. Drugs classified as controlled in the Schedule of the Misuse of Drugs Act (1987-1984) which are seized by members of An Garda Síochána are destroyed under the supervision of a Detective Inspector from the Garda Technical...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The organisation to which the Deputy refers was one of 22 groups who received monies from a special integration initiative introduced in 2006. This provided for seed-funding in relation to integration initiatives for legally-resident immigrants and comes to an end in February /March 2008 after which the programme will be reviewed. As made clear in the official guidelines for this special...

Written Answers — Integration Policy: Integration Policy (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The delivery of services to incoming, new and longer term residents is the primary responsibility of the appropriate Government agencies at both central and local level. Responsibility for the coordination and development of integration policy rests with the Minister for Integration, Conor Lenihan TD. The mandate of the Minster does, however, extend to promoting, encouraging and...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the Government policy of Direct Provision while their applications for asylum are being processed. The Direct Provision system provides asylum seekers with full board accommodation, free of utility or other costs. In addition to meeting these basic living costs, a Direct Provision...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The case referred to by the Deputy falls under the scope of the Dublin II Regulation, (Council Regulation (EC) No. 343/2003). This Regulation is intended to prevent the phenomenon of 'asylum shopping' across Europe and sets out criteria for determining which Member State is responsible for examining an asylum application where applications have been lodged in more than one Member State or...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the details requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of Community Gardaí based in Clondalkin Garda Station on 31 December 2000 to 31 December, 2007 (the latest date for which figures are readily available) was as set out in the table hereunder: Year Clondalkin 2000 8 2001 9 2002 8 2003 10 2004 12 2005 16 2006 10 2007 11 Of course, community policing involves more than a...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the number of reported drug cases recorded for the period January 1 2000 — 7 February 2008, inclusive, for the Garda District referred to by the Deputy: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007* 2008* 37 39 36 59 60 42 84 75 0 * The statistics provided are provisional, operational and liable to change.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The visa application referred to by the Deputy is currently receiving attention. I would expect a decision in this case shortly.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The immigration case histories and up to date positions of the two persons concerned, a husband and wife, are almost identical. As a result, I will deal with the two cases as one. Both of the persons concerned arrived in the State on 1 March 2007 and applied for asylum. Their respective asylum applications were refused following the individual consideration of their cases by the Office of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Feb 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. The...

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that the persons referred to by the Deputy are serving sentences in the Midlands Prison and have access to wide and varied Work and Training opportunities. Such services, which are available to all prisoners, include catering, metalwork, computers, woodwork, construction, horticulture, industrial cleaning and a wide range of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (12 Feb 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 January 2007. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in the middle of 2005 and have approximately 9,800 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person referred to by the Deputy was granted long term residence on 27th June 2007. She subsequently attended at her Immigration Office on 18th July 2007 and was granted permission to remain until 29th October 2009, the expiry date of her current passport. On receipt of her new passport she should return to her local Immigration Office to have her outstanding permission to remain...