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Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 1 October 2008 and is currently awaiting consideration by a Visa Officer. Visa applicants are advised to allow six to eight weeks to allow for processing of a visa, although times may vary depending on the complexity of the application. The current processing time in our Dublin Visa Office for 'Visit'...

Written Answers — Conviction Records: Conviction Records (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 and 261 together. I can inform the Deputy that earlier this year the Government accepted a proposal from my predecessor that it should take over the Spent Convictions Bill 2007, introduced into the Dáil in October 2007 as a Private Members Bill by Minister of State Mr Barry Andrews, TD (prior to his appointment to that position), and adopt it as a...

Written Answers — Immigration Issues: Immigration Issues (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The table shows the number of people refused leave to land pursuant to the provisions of Immigration Act, 2004, at Ports of Entry to the State for 2003 — 2008. The figures provided detail the number of persons Refused Leave to Land who were removed from the State and those who, having been identified as persons who should otherwise be Refused Leave to Land, made an application pursuant to...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of the Garda Air Support and the Garda Mounted Unit at the 30 September 2008, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 19 and 15 respectively. A competition is presently underway to fill three vacancies at Garda rank within the Garda Air Support Unit. It is the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner to...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by Garda Authorities that following the completion of a pilot study to evaluate the suitability of various Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems, a procurement process for the supply and implementation of a nationwide mobile ANPR system is now nearing completion. It is planned that over one hundred camera systems will be installed in Garda vehicles nationwide....

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda Authorities that Operation Oak commenced in November 2005 under the direction of a Detective Chief Superintendent at the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation who was tasked with targeting a person suspected of being involved in organised criminal activity, and his associates. The subject of this investigation was considered at that time to be a senior...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The detailed allocation of Garda resources, including transport, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner to decide in accordance with his identified operational requirements and priorities. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that there are two public order vans permanently allocated to Coolock Garda Station and that there are currently no plans for an additional public order van in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Oct 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 — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have not received an invitation, formal or otherwise, to the event to which the Deputy refers.

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

Dermot Ahern: I refer to the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of Thursday 26 June 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 15 June 2005. She gave birth to a child in this State in June 2005. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 128 together. Negotiations are currently at an advanced stage with a commercial consortium, which was selected following an E.U. tender procedure, as the preferred tenderer for the design, construction, finance and maintenance of the proposed prison facilities at Thornton Hall as a PPP. It is a matter for the commercial consortium, under the PPP...

Written Answers — Private Security Authority: Private Security Authority (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Private Security Authority was established as an independent statutory authority under the Private Security Services Act 2004. The Act contains provisions for the appointment of members to the Board of the Authority and provides for appointment of persons with a wide range of experience or knowledge of the industry. Section 7 sets out certain categories of persons for appointment but...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. It is not the general practice of the Visa Office to issue multiple journey visas unless a compliant travel history to Ireland in the recent past has been shown. In that context, a Visa Officer would normally expect to be satisfied that the conditions of at least two previous visas has been observed. There are two main categories of visa...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 26 July 2004. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 24 March 2006, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the detailed Reply I gave to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 382 of Tuesday 30 September 2008. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answers to his previous Parliamentary Questions. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a Family Reunification application was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May 2002 and that a decision was issued in January 2005. A review of that decision was carried out in 2005 and following the review the person in question was...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of Thursday, 24 April, 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 8 December 2003 and applied for asylum. Her two children arrived in the State on 16 April 2005 and 16 May 2005 respectively and were reunited with their mother and included in her application for asylum. The asylum application...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The first named person concerned was granted permission to enter and reside in the State under family reunification. The second named person concerned arrived in the State on 20 May 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, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 26 March 2003. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 30 June 2004, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Question. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Family Reunification/Permission To Remain application made in September 2006. The Family Reunification/Permission To Remain application for the person in question was withdrawn by the applicant in September 2008.