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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have approved the application of the person in question and a certificate of naturalisation will issue once documents requested by the Citizenship Section of my Department have been received.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The current fees that shall be paid by applicants on the issue of a certificate of naturalisation are as follows: (a) where the application is made on behalf of a minor, a fee of €200.00; (b) where the application is made by a widow or widower whose spouse was, immediately before death, an Irish Citizen, and who has not, subsequent to the spouse's death, become a naturalised citizen of a...

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that, of a total of 3417 prison staff, there were 1898 Prison Officer grade staff and a further 514 Recruit Prison Officers serving in the Irish Prison Service at the end of August 2008 which represents a full complement of staff at that grade. The serving number is inclusive of the additional 123 Prison Officer grade staff, provided following on a Government...

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that under the Coroners Act 1962, a Coroner is a statutory officer exercising quasi-judicial functions in relation to which he/she is independent and neither I nor my Department has any role in individual cases. However, to be of assistance to the Deputy, if he wishes to forward details of a specific case which is of concern to him, my Department will make enquires on...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that a Principal Officer from the Courts Service attended as a speaker at the conference in question and therefore there was no conference fee incurred. I am advised that no other staff attended the conference from my Department or its associated agencies.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Since the Deputy has not provided details of the particular case, I can only set out the position generally. The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations, 1993, as amended, provides that the prescribed fee that shall be paid by the applicant on the issue of a certificate of naturalisation are as follows: (a) where the application is made on behalf of a minor, a fee of €200; (b) where...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Funding has not as yet been sought from the European Return Fund. Officials from my Department are examining the various elements of the fund with a view to establishing the most appropriate way to proceed with the application.

Written Answers — Voluntary Repatriation Scheme: Voluntary Repatriation Scheme (24 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: On 3 September 2008, the Government approved my proposals for the drafting of a Mental Capacity Bill. Publication of the Bill is expected in early 2009. The Scheme of the Bill has been published and is available on my Department's website.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (24 Sep 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 — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question made an application for Family Reunification in April 2005 and a decision issued to the person in question in February 2007 informing them that their application had been turned down. The person in question made a second application under the Family Reunification scheme in February 2008 that was forwarded...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 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 — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that an application by the person concerned for residence in the State based on EU Treaty Rights was received on 15 January 2008. The person concerned was requested to provide evidence of employment details in the State for his EU spouse and also to provide the original passport of his EU spouse. The application will be considered...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: My Department is aware of its responsibilities under the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 to safeguard the privacy rights of individuals in relation to the processing of personal data. There is a privacy policy on my Department's website together with information on how to access personal data and a list of appointed Data Controllers within my Department.

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: No laptop computers, data storage devices and USB memory sticks have been reported stolen or lost from the Department. A small number of Blackberry devices have been lost and not recovered to date. They were quickly missed, the accounts frozen and the data removed by the server. There was no loss of data.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The formulation of proposals in relation to the opening and closing of Garda stations is a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner in the context of the annual policing plan, as provided for in Section 22 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Garda accommodation programme is based on agreed priorities and it is brought forward in close cooperation with the Office of Public...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Work on the general schemes of a Legal Costs Bill and a Family Law Bill is ongoing in my Department.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: A total of twenty Reserve Gardaí have been successful in the full-time Garda competition and have commenced training. Data in relation to the number of Reserve Gardaí who have applied to become full-time members of An Garda Siochana is not available. The Garda Síochána Admissions and Appointments Regulations which govern full-time entry to An Garda Síochána, provide that recognition...

Written Answers — Joint Policing Committees: Joint Policing Committees (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Joint Policing Committees are provided for in the Garda Síochána Act 2005. As a Committee will be established in each local authority area in the State — of which there are 114 — it was considered desirable to run a time-limited pilot to gain experience in their operation before countrywide roll-out. Twenty nine Committees are currently operating in the pilot phase. As part of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (24 Sep 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a change of name licence was issued in writing to the legal representatives of the person in question on 30 August.