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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of Thursday, 17 April 2008, and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 8 December 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 535 of Thursday, 17 April 2008, and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 8 December 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The first named person concerned arrived in the State as an unaccompanied minor but was later reunited with her mother and included as a child dependant on her mother's asylum application. The mother of the person concerned subsequently withdrew her asylum application and applied for residency in the State on the basis of her parentage of an Irish citizen child. The residency application...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department inform me that, having checked their records, no trace of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question has been found. The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 8 November 2004. 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 21 March 2005, that the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (27 Nov 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned, while under 16 years of age, availed of the permission to remain in the State granted to his mother under the IBC/05 scheme. On reaching the age of sixteen, the person requires permission to remain in the State in his own right. The person is advised to write to my Department at INIS, PO Box 10003, Dublin 2, requesting permission to remain in the State as the...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (27 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 judgement 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 now being drafted. I expect it will be published in 2009....

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

Dermot Ahern: 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 my Department for a five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be exempt from employment permit requirements. ...

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

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 to 264, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the number of fixed charge notices issued for speeding in each of the following Garda Divisions to date in 2008: Division Total Cork City 5,412 Cork North 5,074 Cork West 2,654 Figures provided are operational, provisional and liable to change. I am also...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a number of organisations in Ireland, registered with the Unit, which employ personnel to work in a full-time, part-time or voluntary capacity with children and/or vulnerable adults. The procedure is also conducted for fostering and the Adoption Board. The service being provided is continually being extended, on a phased...

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

Dermot Ahern: There are currently 15,600 applications for naturalisation with the Citizenship Division of my Department that are still awaiting a decision. The number of applications which were made more than 18 months ago is 6,400 and of these 30% (1,900) are on hold awaiting a response from the applicant and 44% (2,800) are awaiting a response from other statutory bodies as part of the normal...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I intend to introduce measures that will address the Deputy's, and my own, concerns in relation to this matter in the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which will be published in the coming weeks. While I recognise that further measures are necessary, I should point out that the use of such equipment during the course of committing an offence carries with it heavy penalties.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Refugee Act 1996 is the principal legal instrument in Irish law dealing with refugee matters. The Act provides for the designation of a country as a safe country of origin. There is no provision providing for the designation of a country as a safe country for the return of refugees as referred to in the question. Section 12(4) of the Act provides for the procedure for the designation of a...

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

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2007. Officials in that section inform me that processing of the application has commenced and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in the coming months. Officials inform me that there is no record of an...

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

Dermot Ahern: An extensive search conducted by the relevant officials in my Department has not located any record of the application to which the Deputy refers. As such, the position remains unchanged from that given in my reply to Parliamentary Question No 955 of 24 September, 2008. Any application received will be given prompt attention by the relevant officials, and the person concerned will be...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (2 Dec 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in September 2004 under family reunification.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 22 August 2007. 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 22 August 2008, that the Minister...

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

Dermot Ahern: Based on the information provided, my Department has no record of current visa applications for the persons in question.