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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question is the subject of a Family Reunification application which was refused in July 2006. I refer the Deputy to my previous answers to Question No. 1044 put down for answer on 26th September 2007 and Question No. 1203 put down for answer on 30th January 2008. I understand that the representatives of the person...

Written Answers — : (21 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I would refer the Deputy to the reply given by my predecessor to his Dáil Question Number 363 of Wednesday 27 September 2006 and the Reply given by me to his Dáil Question Number 200 of Thursday 8 November 2007. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in those Replies.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2003. On examination of the applications it was determined that the persons concerned did not meet the residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The individuals...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (21 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The first named person concerned arrived in the State on 24 February, 2004 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), he was informed, by letter dated 29 August, 2004, that...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (21 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The National Drugs Strategy 2001 to 2008 contained a commitment to continue to implement the recommendations of the Steering Group on Prison-Based Drug Treatment Services which dealt only with the area covered by the then Eastern Regional Health Authority and recommended the recruitment of an additional 9 Nurse Officers. Since the publication of the National Drugs Strategy there has been an...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Irish Prison Service is currently rolling out its Drugs Policy and Strategy — entitled Keeping Drugs out of Prison. This drugs strategy was launched in May 2006 and significant progress has been made to date in its implementation. Drug rehabilitation programmes for prisoners involve a significant multidimensional input by a diverse range of general and specialist services provided both...

Written Answers — Child Detention Centres: Child Detention Centres (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: On 1 March 2007 the four children detention schools, based in Finglas and Oberstown, were transferred from the Department of Education and Science to the Irish Youth Justice Service of my Department. Three of the children detention schools are located at Oberstown, Co. Dublin, and facilities include a stand alone six-bed unit which is, I believe, the unit to which the Deputy refers. This unit...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 21 December 2003 and made an application for asylum the following day. 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), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 to 403, inclusive, together. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of Community Gardaí based in the Wicklow/Wexford Garda Division on 31 December, 2007 (the latest date for which figures are readily available) was 4. These members are based in Wexford Garda Station. The number of Community Gardaí based in the Louth/Meath Garda...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 6 March 2004 and claimed 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. The person concerned was informed by letter dated 13 February 2006 that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her and...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that the proposed new prison facilities at Thornton Hall will cater for a greater number of women prisoners than is currently provided for at the Dóchas Centre. As the Deputy is aware, the Dóchas Centre was designed to accommodate 80 women. However, since the facility was commissioned it regularly accommodates prisoner numbers in excess of its...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 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 May 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in mid-2005 and have approximately 12,000 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally dealt with...

Written Answers — Judicial Reviews: Judicial Reviews (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 408 together. I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1146 and 1147 of 30 January, 2008. As I indicated in my answer to these Questions, the information sought is not readily available in my Department and could not be collated without the application of a disproportionate amount of staff time.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question number 386 on 13 February 2008 regarding marriages of convenience. Current legislation does not adequately address the abuses in this area. It is for that reason that I have included specific provisions in the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008 which aim to restrict the potential for persons to use marriage as a way of...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have requested the information sought from the Garda authorities. I will be in contact with the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 19 September 2002 and applied for asylum. On 21 October 2002 the person concerned notified my Department that he wished to withdraw his application for asylum and apply for residency on the basis of his parentage of an Irish born child. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (26 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of Wednesday 27 June 2007 and the written reply to that Question. According to information provided by the person concerned, he arrived in the State on 8 September 2001 and worked here illegally for a period of approximately four years before lodging an application for asylum on 26 August 2005. His asylum application was refused following...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 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 September 2006. Officials in that section inform me that processing of the application has commenced and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in the coming months. I will inform the Deputy and the person in question...