Results 6,041-6,060 of 16,537 for speaker:Brian Lenihan Jnr

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 20 March 2003 and claimed asylum. Her application was refused by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. The person concerned was informed by letter dated 8 April 2004 that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her and afforded her three options in accordance with Section 3(3)(b)(ii) of the Immigration Act,...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person in question made a Family Reunification application in February 2006. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation is completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to my Department. This application will be considered by my Department and a decision will...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 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 February 2005. The file was forwarded to me for a decision in September 2005 and I decided to refuse the application. A letter disclosing my reasons for refusal was issued to the person concerned on 18 October 2005. It is open to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 979 of Wednesday, 26 September 2007 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 13 January 2004 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), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 2...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I would refer the Deputy to the Reply I gave to his Dáil Question No. 526 of Thursday 17 April 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The first person concerned submitted an application to my Department on 4th November, 2005 for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 scheme. The closing date for the submission of applications was 31st March, 2005 and the application was received too late...

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

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Question Numbers 1249 and 183 for answer on 30 January 2008 and 27 February 2008 respectively. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 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 October 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in July 2005 and have approximately 15,200 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally dealt...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 7th December 2006 and Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 6th July 2006. 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 Division of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The asylum statistics requested by the Deputy in respect of each of the previous 12 months (April 2007 — March 2008), where available, is set out in tabular format as follows. Table 1: Place of application for asylum ORAC* Airports Prisons Ports Other Total Apr-07 231 27 11 1 7 277 May-07 265 24 22 2 5 318 Jun-07 259 30 18 2 7 316 Jul-07 297 30 25 1 5 358 Aug-07 239 26 25 2 2 294...

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

Brian Lenihan Jnr: In the light of the additional information provided by the Deputy and correspondence recently received from the persons in question, I have instructed my officials to re-examine this case.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I can advise the Deputy that since 1st January 2008, thirty-four Dublin based officers have transferred to provincial locations. Since the commencement of my Department's Decentralisation Programme, a total of four hundred and forty staff have decentralised, of whom around two hundred were Dublin based.

Written Answers — Requests for Support: Requests for Support (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 398 and 428 together. I can inform the Deputy that the concerns referred to are currently under active consideration.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Following the submission 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...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of the Garda Traffic Corps and the number of marked and unmarked vehicles allocated to the Traffic Corps at each year end from 2005 to 2007 and at 31st March, 2008 are as set out in the following tables. In addition to the 941 members of the traffic corps as at 31st March, 2008, there are a further 18 Gardaí (all ranks)...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together. I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Titles Act, 2006 the Property Registration Authority was established with responsibility for the management and control of both the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds. In accordance with Section 21 of this Act, which replaced Section 4 of the Registration of Titles Act...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Immigration Division of my Department received an application from the person referred to by the Deputy on the 15th April 2008. Prior to this, the Immigration Division has no record of any application received/refused in respect of her. There are no provisions in Irish immigration law or procedure, or indeed EU law, whereby a non-EEA national may obtain permission to reside in the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department have reviewed the file of the person in question and advise me that an error was made in calculating her total reckonable residency. My officials will write to the person concerned in the coming week to explain the occurrence. The person's file will be submitted to me for decision in the near future. I will advise the Deputy and the...