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Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that I am satisfied that the existing arrangements in place meet the State's obligations in respect of the provision of legal aid for prisoners in criminal and civil matters. Under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, and the Regulations made under it, free legal aid may be granted, in certain circumstances, for the defence of persons, including prisoners, of...

Written Answers — Voluntary Repatriation Schemes: Voluntary Repatriation Schemes (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: One of the options open to persons faced with the prospect of having a Deportation Order issued in respect of them is that they can seek to return voluntarily to their country of origin. Asylum seekers and irregular migrants from non-EU countries who agree to return voluntarily to their countries of origin but do not have the financial means or in some instances the necessary documentation to...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The European Directive 2004/38/EC was transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 226 of 2006) which took effect on 28 April 2006. The Regulations were amended in December 2006 by the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations (S.I. 656 of 2006) in the light of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned should apply to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for a re-entry visa before travelling. Information in this regard can be found on the website www.inis.gov.ie. Questions in relation to employment are not a matter for my Department. As a general rule, the movements of a person in and out of the State would not impact negatively on that individual's...

Written Answers — Bench Warrants: Bench Warrants (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables show the number of bench, committal and penal warrants unexecuted in each Garda Division and in each Garda District in the Waterford/Kilkenny Division as at 5 February, 2007. The statistics provided for the DMR North Central Division include all bench, committal and penal warrants issued by the criminal courts, Dublin 7 and...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: 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 August 2005. Officials in that Section inform me that processing of the application is complete and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in the near future.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 201 of Thursday 10 April 2008, No. 200 of Thursday 28 February 2008 and No. 971 of Wednesday 26 September 2007 and the written Replies to those Questions. The applications submitted by the person concerned for Subsidiary Protection and for Leave to Remain in the State are among a substantial number of such applications currently on hands in my...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 17 January 2000 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the then Asylum Division of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2006. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in January 2006 and have approximately 2,800 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: 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 2008. The application has not been examined in detail. Examination of the residency requirement will take place in the near future and the applicant will be contacted at that time informing her when her application will be...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Immigration Act 2003, which was commenced on the 15 September 2003, contained a number of key changes to the Refugee Act, 1996 which enabled the processing of asylum applications to be speeded up and enhanced our ability to deal with abusive applications. These changes included the imposition on applicants of a clear statutory duty to actively pursue their asylum applications and...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that, in response to the Deputy's Question No. 210 of 3 April 2008, the Central Statistics Office have been in direct contact with him and supplied the information requested.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 20 February 2008 and also to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 28 May 2008. 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The number of staff employed currently in my Department is 2,537. I am not aware of any officials having no office space or workstation.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was originally received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2005. On examination of this application it was determined that the person concerned did not meet the statutory residency requirement as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended. A...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: My Department has no particular recruitment plans for clerical staff in these areas other than in the context of the Government's Decentralisation Programme and the filling of vacancies that arise in the normal course.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: 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. Asylum seekers in direct provision avail of free full board accommodation with no utility or other costs associated with that accommodation. I understand that this family are currently seeking a transfer to Carroll...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of Wednesday 7 November 2007, and the written Reply to that Question. The family concerned, namely a husband, wife and son, arrived in the State on 19 August 2003 and applied for asylum. The then minor son was included as part of his mother's asylum application. The asylum applications were refused following the consideration of the cases...

Written Answers — Stardust Tragedy: Stardust Tragedy (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Total expenditure to date on the independent examination of the case made by the Stardust Victims Committee has been in the region of €760,000, including €300,000 provided to the Committee to assist their participation in the process. I understand that there are ongoing discussions with the Stardust Victims Committee's legal representative concerning the future arrangements for this process.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that they have written to the second named person referred to in the Deputy's Question on the 5 June 2008 and the 1 July 2008 seeking documentation in order to process the application. Once this documentation is received by the Immigration Division they will process the application to the next stage.