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Written Answers — Immigration Procedures: Immigration Procedures (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Document experts in An Garda Síochána are attached to the Document Section, Garda Technical Bureau, Garda Headquarters, Dublin. Members of the Garda National Immigration Bureau have attended training modules on the examination of documents and received on the job training by experienced members. Members of An Garda Síochána who perform duty at the points of entry have developed...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 to 281, inclusive, together. I refer the Deputy to my answer to Questions Nos. 271 to 273, inclusive, of May 19th 2009. The maximum recruitment age limit for admission as a trainee full time member of An Garda Síochána was set taking into account a number of criteria including the significant training cost which can only be recouped by serving a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 May 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 March 2006. I expect to reach a decision on this application shortly. The person concerned will be informed of that decision in due course.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested the information sought from the Garda authorities and I will communicate further with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 16 October, 2002. 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 11 February, 2009, that the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The first and second named persons, a mother and her minor child, were admitted into the State on 20 January, 2005 on foot of a student visa, valid until 6 June, 2007. They have remained in the State since that date without the permission of the Minister. Consequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the first named person was informed, by letter dated...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Síochána that all members of the force are tasked with enforcing the criminal law, with any breaches detected being the subject of investigation and the preparation of an investigation file for the direction of the Law Officers. I have also been informed by the Garda Síochána that information/intelligence regarding immigration-related criminality is collated,...

Written Answers — Restorative Justice: Restorative Justice (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An Interim Report from the National Commission on Restorative Justice was published on the 21st May, 2008. I expect to receive the final report from the National Commission shortly. These two reports will inform future decisions on how we may be able to make greater use of the restorative justice process. The Deputy can be assured that my Department will give careful consideration to the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that an application for residence was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on the 18 March 2009. Applications based on EU Treaty Rights are processed within a six month time frame. A decision will issue to the applicant in due course.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 45 together. There has been a consistent increase in the total prisoner population over recent years. It was particularly apparent over the past 12 months during which time the total number in custody increased by 267, a 7% rise in the number in custody. Several reasons are responsible for this increase, in particular the extra resources provided by...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I do not accept we are getting bad value for money. Ireland has one of the lowest percentage of prisoners to population in comparison with most other EU member states. As for the 400 extra spaces, it is obvious the Deputy did not listen to what I said earlier.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: In the coming weeks 100 new spaces at Castlerea and 150 spaces at Wheatfield will become available. The remaining balance will become available later on. These are new places and I do not accept the allegation that the Government has done little in this respect. We have planned the extra 1,300 prison places over the past ten years with another 400. For the long term, we are examining the...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: First, I was neither privy to nor part of any negotiations and have had no contact with either the Léargas consortium or any other consortia that had bid. While I am unsure of the source of Deputy Rabbitte's figures, and it might be illuminating were he to disclose their origin, from the information I have been given by my staff they are not correct. As I stated, the overall increase was...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Yes I did. However, the Deputy referred to €30 million.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: That is not the case and I stand over my comments in respect of hundreds of millions of euro because this is a massive project. As I noted previously, its overall scale is such that this will be a prison for 20 or 30 years time and its overall capacity could be 2,200 spaces, doubled up. While the Deputy has referred to it as a super-prison, it comprises a number of prisons within a single...

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I will revert to the Cabinet within the next fortnight with proposals as to how to revisit the entire issue, provided the same capacity is continued with-----

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: -----while reconsidering the configuration.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: No, I did not state that I did not know anything about the figures. I stated the Deputy's figure of €30 million was not correct and he should not misquote me.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Whoever is briefing Deputy Rabbitte is doing so with completely incorrect and inaccurate figures. I know the figures and the difference in the unitary annual cost between the time when the preferred bidder was announced, after which negotiations began, and the final offer that was made by that bidder.

Prison Accommodation. (27 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Over the 25-year lifetime of the contract, it would have cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of euro more. I considered it in the context both of affordability and the concept of constructing a prison to the proposed scale. The Government will consider constructing a similar prison with the same configuration of spaces but will try to find a way to so do while providing better value to...