Results 4,761-4,780 of 16,849 for speaker:Dermot Ahern
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: An application on behalf of the person in question for residence in the State on the basis of marriage to an Irish national was received by the Immigration Division of my Department in June 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 — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I should advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service has already spent approximately â¬400,000 to date on landscaping at the site. This includes a 10 metre deep strip along the entire length of the boundary of the site planted with trees/shrubs. As part of my review of submissions received in relation to the Environmental Impact Assessment I acceded to requests to further screen the...
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular format below. The number of asylum applications received by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) from June 2004 to May 2008. Date Number Jun-04 324 Jul-04 371 Aug-04 401 Sep-04 466 Oct-04 329 Nov-04 409 Dec-04 430 Jan-05 393 Feb-05 377 Mar-05 489 Apr-05 320 May-05 322 Jun-05 315 Jul-05 325...
- Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: It is not the practice to issue long term multi entry visas for the purpose of visits, which, by their nature are of a short stay duration. However the Deputy will be aware that my office previously issued one year multi entry visas to the persons referred to and unless there is a significant change in circumstances my Department is happy to continue to provide this facility in the future....
- Written Answers — Trafficking in Human Beings: Trafficking in Human Beings (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: The recommendations of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Garda SÃochána Working Group on Trafficking in Human Beings fall into three categories, (i) those relating to Legislation, (ii) those relating to Garda operational, enforcement and monitoring measures and (iii) those relating to cooperation with other Government Departments, Non-Governmental Organisations and...
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that under my Department's decentralisation programme, the Garda Civilian Human Resources Unit, the National Property Services Regulatory Authority, the Office of the Director of Probation Service and the Coroners Unit have now moved to Navan, involving the transfer to date of around seventy posts.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: These are the jack boot tactics of Fine Gael.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: It is better than that; it is â¬3.5 million.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: The Bill is a total cog.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: It is a New Zealand Bill.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: It is a total cog, word for word and line by line. He was found out.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: This is not the classroom where he can cog his homework.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I will not accept a New Zealand Bill.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: No. Neither does Nora Owen and the commission. The Deputy knows this. It is another quango.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: We have it since 1995 on a non-statutory basis.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: This is tokenism.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: The New Zealanders are already saying that legislation is out of date. It is out of date.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: The New Zealanders say their legislation is out of date. It is out of date and the Deputy knows that.
- Victims' Rights Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: Every section is replicated.