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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 112 of Thursday, 2 July, 2009, in this matter. The latest position is that the person concerned is due to 'present' again at the Offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on Tuesday, 29 September 2009. He remains the subject of a valid Deportation Order and the enforcement of that Order is an...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 10 January 2006. She gave birth to a child in the State in early 2006 and this child was included on her asylum application. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until her application for asylum was decided. Her asylum application was refused following...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the first and second named persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November 2006 and January 2007. I decided to defer making any final decision in both cases until June 2010. The persons in question were notified of this position and the reasons for it in letters issued on...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 24 February 2004. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until her application for asylum was decided. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to his previous Parliamentary Question. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question was granted Refugee status and made a Family Reunification application in respect of his wife in September 2008. This application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for residence in the State on the sole basis of marriage to an Irish national was received from the person in question on 24 July 2009. The Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) issued an acknowledgement of this application and request for documentation on 30 July 2009. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for leave to remain 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 22 February 1999. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until her application for asylum was decided. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the then Asylum Division of the Department for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and, on...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (23 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department, through the Consular Section in Dublin and our Embassy in Madrid, has been providing assistance on the case of the person mentioned by him since her disappearance on 1st January 2008. We have remained in regular contact with her family during this deeply worrying time for them. Extensive physical searches of the area where the person mentioned was last seen have been conducted...

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the House for agreeing to consider this legislation. Since the Courts Service was established in 1999, it has energetically and systematically pursued a programme of transforming the physical infrastructure of the courts. Not so long ago, many courthouses provided their users with a pretty dismal experience. In a relatively short...

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Deputy Flanagan stated the overall figure was slashed to €30 million.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: No, it is €80 million.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It is €80 million

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Yes.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I complimented the McCarthy report in that it encouraged me to continue with Thornton Hall.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It did not suggest any cuts in Garda numbers or prison numbers. I thought it was a great report.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I already have.

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: What about me?

Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I thank all the speakers for their good wishes for the Bill. Courts infrastructure has come a long way in recent years. When I qualified in 1976, I naïvely took the position of secretary to the County Louth Bar Association. One of the first tasks I was given was to lobby the local authority to improve the Dickensian facilities of Dundalk District Court. One of the first proposals was...