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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 937 of Wednesday 26 September 2007 and No. 209 of Tuesday 24 April 2007 and the written Replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 11 November 2002 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...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 244 of Thursday 6 December 2007 and No. 959 of Wednesday 26 September 2007 and the written replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 30 April 2000 and applied for asylum. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of Thursday 31 January 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 7 July 2003 and applied for asylum. The 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The first named person concerned arrived in the State on 18 September 2001, as an unaccompanied minor, 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 254 of Thursday 31 January 2008 and No. 349 of Wednesday 27 September 2006 and the written Replies to those Questions. 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of Wednesday 26 September 2007 and the written reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 26 June 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...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of Thursday 1 February 2007 and No. 89 of Thursday 12 October 2006 and the written replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 25 July 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I would refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to his Dáil Question No. 218 of Thursday 14 February 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that reply.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 1032 of Wednesday, 26 September 2007 and the written reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 29 April 2003, as an unaccompanied minor, and applied for asylum on 12 June 2003. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (28 Feb 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 196 of Wednesday 21 February 2007 and No. 193 of Tuesday 14 November 2006 and the written replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State as an unaccompanied minor on 13 January 2004 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications...

Crime Levels. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The House will join me in offering heartfelt sympathies to the families of two Polish citizens who tragically died as a result of injuries they sustained in a serious attack with an offensive weapon in Drimnagh on 23 February last. A full-scale Garda investigation is under way. The Garda Síochána will, of course, spare no resources to bring about a successful outcome to the investigation....

Crime Levels. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy introduced in the course of his question the incidence of routine gangland murders involving the use of firearms. Whereas there was an increase in the number of homicides involving the use of knives last year, there was a decline in the number of gangland murders. The reason for this was the incessant activity of the Garda Síochána in connection with Operation Anvil. A careful...

Crime Levels. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: With effect from 1 November 2006, there has been a mandatory minimum sentence of between five and ten years under the Criminal Justice Act 2006 for certain firearms offences, including possession of a firearm in suspicious circumstances, possession of a firearm with criminal intent, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property, possession of a...

Crime Levels. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: We must never lose sight of the fact that regardless of whether crime figures show a decrease or an increase, they represent victims and those close to them whose lives have been adversely affected by a criminal act. There was an increase in headline crime in 2007 of 1.7% but this must be seen against the background of the unprecedented rise taking place in our population. Taking this...

Crime Levels. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Deputy Rabbitte began with homicide and I very fairly accepted there was an increase in the number of homicides last year but I pointed out that there was a reduction in the number of gangland homicides in which firearms were used. There was an overall increase in the homicide rate last year, as Deputy Rabbitte pointed out, and there are wider social trends in operation here. A substantial...

Crime Levels. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The gardaí are exceptionally visible on the ground and in recent weeks, I arranged for an allocation of further resources to ensure additional bicycles are provided to the Garda Síochána to maximise its visibility and presence on the ground in areas troubled in the manner Deputy Rabbitte described.

Drugs in Prisons. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Presumably, the Deputy is referring to recent reports regarding the number of prisoners testing positive for drugs in our prisons. In regard to the figures published, some of them relate to the use of drugs immediately prior to committal. The length of time prisoners were in custody before being tested was not recorded, so a precise breakdown of such cases cannot be given. It should also be...

Drugs in Prisons. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I assure Deputy Charles Flanagan that the dogs are on the way and the handlers are being trained. I am not aware of what promises I have made in this area but I very much believe in action. I will supply the Deputy with the information about the evaluator, but on my appointment I found I did not need an evaluator to tell me about the extent of this problem. I went to Government and got a...

Drugs in Prisons. (4 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Enhanced security screening is part of the plan and it will be introduced in closed prisons to ensure that the easy passage of materials such as those under discussion ceases. On the matter of detoxification, not only in respect of those addicted to drugs but also for those addicted to alcohol, it is important — I have considered this matter in the context of Thornton Hall — to provide...