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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was granted Leave to Remain in the State for a one year period, to 30 April 2008. This permission to remain in the State was subsequently extended for a further one year period, to 11 March 2009. The person concerned is required to apply at least one month before the end of this expiry period if he wishes to renew this permission. My Department has no record of any...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. These conditions are that the applicant must be of full age, be of good character, have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the State immediately before...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November, 2007. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 23 months. The Citizenship Division is currently commencing further processing of applications received in mid 2007. More complicated cases can at...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in March 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the parents of Irish citizen children. The permission granted is currently valid until 26 March, 2009. An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 9 February 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 29 August 2005, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 4 January 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 31 August 2006, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It is open to all persons who are resident outside the State, and who are visa required to apply to their nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate for the appropriate visa. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why the visa should be granted. Comprehensive information when making a visa application is...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 56 on Thursday 16 October 2008. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. However since that Reply was made, my officials became aware of two asylum applications made on 28 October 2008 in respect of two children of the person concerned. In view of this, a request was made by my officials to the...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 57 on Thursday 16 October 2008. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. However since that Reply was made, my officials became aware of two asylum applications made on 28 October 2008 in respect of two children of the person concerned. In view of this, a request was made by my officials to the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of Tuesday, 26 February 2008, and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 21 December 2003 and made an application for asylum the following day. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of Thursday 29 May 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 4 February 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...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. These conditions are that the applicant must: be of full age; be of good character; have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the State immediately before...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a decision in relation to the application for residence in the State based on EU Treaty Rights issued to the legal representative for the person in question by registered post on 14 January 2009.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 366 of Tuesday, 21 October 2008, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in September, 2006 and I decided to refuse the application. The reason for refusal was disclosed to the person concerned in a letter issued on 2 February, 2009. It is open to the person in question to lodge a new application if and...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the second named person has been granted renewal of the permission to remain granted under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. The permission granted is currently valid until 8 December 2010. Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question 1029 of 26 September 2007, I...

Written Answers — Tendering Procedures: Tendering Procedures (5 Feb 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Following advertisement in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) and on the Government E-Tenders website, a contract was awarded on 17th November 2006 for the replacement of the existing Garda Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) together with extension of the system to cater for Immigration and Asylum requirements and its integration with existing Garda and...