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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The issue and recording of penalty points is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Transport.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for permission to remain in the State, under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 Scheme, was received from the person concerned on 6 May 2005. As the closing date for receipt of applications under the scheme was 31 March 2005, the application in question was received too late for...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (2 Apr 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 — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are no fixed controls on the land border between North and South and the authorities in this State and in Britain accept that there is no possibility of introducing such fixed controls in the future. Furthermore, authorities in this State do not intend, now or at any stage in the future, to impose immigration or other controls on persons who are entitled to move between North and...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength (all ranks) of the Wicklow/Wexford Garda Division on 28 February, 2007 and on 29 February, 2008 (the latest date for which figures are readily available) was 346 and 363 respectively. This represents an increase of 17 (or 4.9%) in the number of Gardaí allocated to the Division since that date. As the Deputy is aware,...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Apr 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 — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The persons concerned applied for asylum in the State on 20th January 2005. Their applications were refused and deportation orders were made in respect of them on 23 November 2005. The applicants instituted judicial review proceedings on 13 January 2006 challenging the decision to make deportation orders in respect of them. The proceedings were determined on 30 January 2008 when the reliefs...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person referred to by the Deputy arrived in the State on 13 March 2002 and applied for asylum. She was refused refugee status in the State following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. She was informed of these recommendations by letters dated 10 October 2002 and 10 February 2003 respectively. A...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position in relation to 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 Division of my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. The...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person under the first file number referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship section of my Department in October 2006. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in August 2005 and have approximately 7,400 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person...

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The use of the poor box has evolved over the years and, while each court of first instance (High, Circuit and District) has used the system on occasion, it is mainly used in the District Court where, typically, the judge may order the defendant to pay a donation into the court poor box in lieu of a criminal conviction. Payments made to the Court poor box are accounted for in the Court office...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of each Garda District on 29 February, 2008 the latest date for which figures are readily available was as set out in the following table: Districts 29/02/2008 Pearse Street 347 Kevin Street 219 Donnybrook 188 Crumlin 187 Tallaght 256 Rathmines 169 Santry 255 Coolock 236 Raheny 177 Balbriggan 74...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of the Mayo Division as at 29 February 2008, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 315. The Deputy will appreciate that, as with any large organisation, on any given day, personnel strengths of individual divisions, districts and stations may fluctuate due, for example, to promotions,...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Separate information on revenue accruing on foot of payments from fixed charge notices and court fines with which penalty points were imposed since their introduction is not readily available and could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources. Responsibility for the collection of payments under the Fixed Charge Processing System (FCPS) was...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the application referred to was approved on 26 March 2008.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I wish to inform the Deputy that Judicial Review proceedings are ongoing in the case of the person concerned. I am informed that judgments of the Supreme Court are awaited in a further three cases related to the IBC/05 Scheme which remain before the Court. The position as regards ongoing Judicial Review proceedings relating to the Scheme will be clarified when the remaining judgments are...

Written Answers — Integration Projects: Integration Projects (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The organisation to which the Deputy refers was one of twenty-two groups that received seed funding for special integration initiatives in 2006. The Minister for Integration greatly appreciates the valuable work carried out by this and other groups as part of this initiative. However, as pointed out in the official fund guidelines, this was a once-off measure and comes to an end in April...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Apr 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 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in August 2005 and have approximately 14,400 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (2 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this and the CSO has established a...