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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a decision has been reached in relation to the application for family reunification and the person in question has been informed of same.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 536 on Wednesday 31 October 2007. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that Reply. The person concerned has continued to meet his presentation requirements with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). He is due to present again on Tuesday 2 December 2008. The enforcement of the Deportation Order...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 7 January 2005. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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 29 June 2006, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 31 December 2001. Two minor children of the person concerned were included in her application. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The immigration case histories and up to date positions of the three persons concerned, a husband, wife and child, are almost identical. Accordingly, for the purposes of the Deputy's Question, I will deal with the three cases as one. The persons concerned applied for asylum on 2 February 2007. Their applications were refused following consideration of their cases by the Office of the Refugee...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for a three year period, to 28 August 2011. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by registered letter dated 28 August 2008, a copy of which was sent to her legal representative on the same date. This decision also applied to the two minor children of the person concerned. This letter was subsequently...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 853 of Tuesday, 17 June 2008, and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 10 September 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 (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 21 September 2006. 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 26 August 2008, that the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that both persons in question were granted permission to remain in the State, in May 2002, under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. I am informed that the permission granted is currently valid until 17 January, 2009, in both cases.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 8 May 2003. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. The person concerned appealed this determination to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Judicial Review Proceedings were instituted by the person concerned challenging the determination of the Office of the Refugee...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Nov 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 — Drug Courts: Drug Courts (20 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Drug Treatment Court, which originally operated on a pilot basis in the North inner city of Dublin, has been placed on a permanent footing and extended to the Dublin 7 area. The Court uses a multi-disciplinary approach and involves a range of Government Departments and agencies charged with dealing with various aspects of the problem of drug misuse. The Court operates with the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that their current priority is the use of camera technology for speed enforcement. I am also informed that they are currently considering the introduction, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, of cameras at various locations in the Dublin area, where failure to observe traffic lights by road users is a significant issue.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being researched. I will contact the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of An Garda Síochána on 31 October 2008, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 14,244. The personnel strength of the Garda Traffic Corps on 31 December 2005 to 2007 and on 31 October 2008 was as set out in the following table: Traffic Corps Number 31 December 2005 570 31 December 2006 775...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 to 315, inclusive, together. I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of Carrick-on-Suir, Cahir, Clonmel, Cashel and Tipperary Garda Stations and also the personnel strength of the Traffic Corps in Tipperary Garda Division for 31 December 2006 to 2007 and 31 October 2008, the latest date for which figures are readily...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 316 and 320 together. The interception of telecommunications is governed by the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993. For sound security reasons, it is not the practice and it would be contrary to the public interest to disclose details of any requests or any authorisations to intercept,...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Applications received by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service are diverse in nature and processing times vary considerably according to the nature and circumstances of the scheme in question. The service has recently allocated substantial additional resources to the processing of applications for both naturalisation and long-term residency and, having regard to the many demands...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Government recently approved my proposals for new legislation to deal with the outcome of the High Court judgment which found that section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847 was unconstitutional. That was the section under which prosecutions for begging were brought. The new legislation is being drafted. I expect it will be published in 2009....

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the question was received in the citizenship section of my Department in November 2008. On examination of the application submitted, it was determined that the statutory declaration was not completed correctly and the application in its entirety was returned to the person concerned for further attention on 13...