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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1029 of 26 September 2007, wherein the position with regard to the person's refusal under the IBC/05 Scheme was set out. Subsequently the person in question was invited, under section 3 of the Immigration Act,1999, to submit updated representations setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made in respect of...

Written Answers — Prison Facilities: Prison Facilities (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The financial records of the Irish Prison Service show the following breakdown of expenditure on balls in 2008: Prison Expenditure in 2008 â'¬ Dublin Prisons 18,878 Portlaoise 1,151 Midlands 1,847 Cork 9,235 Limerick 6,893 Shelton Abbey 149 Castlerea 1,171 All 2008 expenditure figures are provisional at this stage, pending finalisation of the Appropriation Account. The figures...

Written Answers — Immigration Procedures: Immigration Procedures (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by Immigration Services that the eligibility criteria has effectively remained unchanged for the past five years and that the criteria is currently available on the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) website under Business Permission: — www.inis.gov.ie — . The following table outlines the number of business permission applications received by INIS and the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The average processing time from application to decision for the generality of valid applications for certificates of naturalisation is now at 23 months. It is expected that this will progressively improve over the coming year to an average timeframe of 18 months, which I regard as a reasonable target. The Citizenship Division is currently commencing further processing of applications...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to his previous Parliamentary Question in this matter, No. 553 of Tuesday 1 July 2008. Applications for Leave to Remain in the State are founded on the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). Under these provisions, persons who have no legal basis for being in the State are afforded, among other options, the option to submit,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There are currently 16,847 applications for certificates of naturalisation with the Citizenship Division of my Department that are still awaiting a decision. The Immigration Division of my Department inform me that there are approximately 8,000 applications for long-term residency currently awaiting a decision.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that tax relief was provided in the Finance (No 2) Act 2008 where an employer provides a bicycle for an employee. The implementation of the scheme for the Civil Scheme is being dealt with by the Department of Finance and this has given rise to a number of issues, particularly in relation to procurement, warranty and insurance. I understand that my colleague, the...

Leaders' Questions (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to him directly when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 24th March, 2009. Officials in the Long-Term Residency section of my Department advise me that applications from July 2007 are now being considered. Otherwise, the position remains the same.

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It has not been possible to retrieve the required statistical information in the timeframe available. This will be forwarded to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The immigration clearance letter allows a child from a specified country safe passage through immigration controls into the State in lieu of a visa. However this letter will only issue on verification of proof that all the criteria set by the Adoption Board of Ireland have been fully met. This requires receipt by the Foreign Adoption Unit of my Department of the original declaration of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have already announced that, as a first step, I have written to a number of relevant bodies highlighting my concerns about current practice in relation to upward only rent reviews, and urging that a more flexible and innovative approach be taken in relation to this issue. I am keeping this matter of legislative intervention under active consideration.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will appreciate that it is not my function as Minister to issue operational policing advice to the Garda Commissioner or his senior management.

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The first named person concerned applied for asylum on 10 May 2006. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned has initiated Judicial Review proceedings, challenging the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in her case. As these proceedings...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answers to Parliamentary Question number 367 of 30th September 2008 and Parliamentary Question number 369 of 10th February 2009 which deal with the information sought by him. Approval for the payment of awards in respect of 2007 under the high level performance awards scheme was given by the Committee for Performance Awards in the Department of Finance on 13 May 2008.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The information is as follows. Year Applications received Certificates issued No of apps refused/ deemed ineligible 1999 739 416 79 2000 1004 125 57 2001 1431 1048 8 2002 3574 1332 135 2003 3580 1664 179 2004 4074 1335 779 2005 4527 1451 2428 2006 6813 1390 2191 2007 7616 1501 1612 2008 10885 3117 2795 2009 2179 to date 1054 to date 613 to date Following the decentralisation of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Further processing of applications for naturalisation currently commences after 18 months on average. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 23 months. This is primarily due to the significant increase in the volume of applications received in the last number of years. In 1999 there were 739 applications whereas in 2008, the number of such applications was...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (7 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department and the public bodies under its aegis do not keep information as to whether their service providers are limited companies, established specifically as sole trader ventures. Because of the level and wide range of services provided by and to my Department and its agencies, I am afraid that the information sought by the Deputy cannot be compiled without the application of a...