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

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 16 September 2009. Further to the position as set out in that reply, I am informed that the person concerned registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau in May of 2008 and currently has permission to remain in the State under Stamp 4 conditions until 24 January, 2010. I wish to inform the Deputy that a person...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned and her infant child applied for asylum on 29 March 2007. The infant child was included in his mother's asylum application. The person concerned gave birth to another child in the State in early 2007 and this child was also included in his mother's asylum application. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned, and her...

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

Dermot Ahern: I would like to assure the Deputy that the date given in my previous reply was correct i.e. the person concerned submitted what can only be termed as an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of his parentage of an Irish-born child on 20 June 2008. This application was essentially a copy of a similar application submitted in October 2006, some 18 months after the...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted temporary Leave to Remain in the State for a three year period to 17 November 2012. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 18 November 2009. Officials in the Citizenship Division of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation having been received from the person concerned.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (26 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 15 August 2005. 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 17 January 2007, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted temporary Leave to Remain in the State for a three year period to 24 September 2010. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 24 September 2007 sent to the last notified address of the person concerned.

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 17 October 2007. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 2 May 2007. 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 2 March 2009. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person to whom the Deputy refers was granted permission to remain in the State in 2001 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. I am informed that the permission granted is currently valid until 3 May, 2010. A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to was received in the Citizenship Division of my...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: A certificate of naturalisation was issued to the person referred to in the Deputy's Question in June 2003. Officials in the Citizenship Division of my Department inform me that they received a request from the person concerned to have a copy of his certificate re-issued on 28 August, 2009. The appropriate questionnaire in relation to lost certificates of naturalisation was issued to the...

Estimates for Public Services 2009: Motion. (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31 December, 2009:- Vote 41 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary Estimate).

Estimates for Public Services 2009: Referral to Select Committee. (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31 December, 2009, the Supplementary Estimated be referred to the Select Committee on Health and Children pursuant to Standing Order 154(3) and paragraph (1)(a)(ii) of the Committee's Orders of Reference, which shall report back to the Dáil, by no later than 8...

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I already spoke publicly of the anger and revulsion with which I read the commission's report. There is no doubt that these and other emotions are shared by all members of this House. However, anger and revulsion do not beget justice. In recent days we have seen an understandable drive for some gesture, word or act to express our collective disgust and feelings of collective failure that...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 is currently awaiting Committee Stage in the Seanad. The position is that amendments are currently being drafted to respond to issues raised during Second Stage discussions and in submissions subsequently received by my Department from relevant stakeholders.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The transfer of the sum referred to in the question is essentially an issue of accounting rather than funding. It concerns the Health Services Executive (HSE) and the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of my Department's Immigration Division responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the policy of direct provision. Underlying the explanation below is...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department does not retain, in a readily-accessible format, the information requested by the Deputy. The Department has, for instance, a significant number of staff who have irregular work patterns which would make the calculation of averages difficult and potentially misleading. Furthermore, as well as the usual mix of administrative grades found across the Civil Service, my Department...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for long term residency was received in my Department from the person in question on 28 November 2007. Officials in that section inform me that processing of this application has commenced and a decision is expected in the coming months.

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has not entered into any arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 or 2010.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. The wide-ranging review of gambling currently underway in my Department has the objective of providing Government with options for a new and comprehensive legal and organisational framework governing the gambling architecture in the State. The initial consultation phase of the review process is now almost completed and since 1 May last...