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Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply given to Question number 291 of 7th October, 2009. The position remains unchanged. The person concerned continues to evade deportation and is therefore liable for arrest and detention. He should present himself to the Gardaí without further delay.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person referred to by the Deputy was granted Long Term Residency on the 16th January 2007. This applicant's permission was endorsed on his passport and remains in force until the 16th January 2012.

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: All members of An Garda Síochána proactively target public disorder and anti-social behaviour, including knife related crime. Areas identified as public order hot-spots by local Garda management are the subject of additional foot and mobile patrols. Incidents of public disorder and anti-social behaviour reported to the Garda authorities are the subject of investigation and are dealt with...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. This would, of course, include many healthcare...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid 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 August 2009. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 26 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of appeals to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal that were decided without an oral hearing in each of the last three years, and the number of such cases where the original decision of the Refugee Applications Commissioner was either affirmed or set aside is set out in the table below. Affirmed/Refused Set Aside/Granted Total Decided 2007 588...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy on the number of appeals to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal that were decided with an oral hearing in each of the last three years, and the number of such cases where the original decision of the Refugee Applications Commissioner was either affirmed or set aside is set out in the table below. Affirmed/Refused Set Aside/Granted Total Decided 2007 1,214...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid 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 June 2008. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 26 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It is not the general practice of the Visa Office to issue multiple journey visas unless a compliant travel history to Ireland in the recent past has been shown. In that context, a Visa Officer would normally expect to be satisfied that the conditions of at least two previous visas had been observed. A multiple entry visa may be issued for a one year period with a subsequent similar visa...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was forwarded to the Visa Office, Dublin on 24 February 2010. Following consideration by a Visa Officer it was refused on 26 February 2010 for the following reasons: 1. It is not general policy to permit any person, whether related or not, to join persons who have been granted Temporary Leave to remain in the State. 2. Insufficient documentation...

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I understand from the Garda Authorities that each Garda Division is in the process of putting the necessary arrangements in place. I do not have details to hand but I will write to him, with the information, as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the personnel strength of each Garda station in the Louth Division on 31 December 2005 and 28 February 2010, the latest date for which figures are readily available and the latest information available regarding opening hours for each station, is as set out below. Station Strengths Station 31/12/2005 28/02/2010 Ardee 10 31 Castlebellingham 4 4...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: At my request, the Garda Síochána Inspectorate carried out an inspection of resource allocation, including personnel, in An Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Inspectorate recently published this report entitled, Report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate - Resource Allocation, the contents of which are currently being examined by the Garda Commissioner and senior management. The...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I regret to advise the Deputy that it is not possible to provide a response to his Question at this time. The information sought by the Deputy will be provided at a later date.

Written Answers — Civil Partnership: Civil Partnership (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Civil Partnership Bill 2009 gives same-sex couples the option of registering in a civil partnership, conferring a range of rights and obligations, including in relation to succession, shared home and financial matters. Marriage, under the Constitution, continues to attract particular protection, and is understood as a matter of constitutional jurisprudence to be only between one man and...

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Probation Service has enjoyed a significant increase in resources in recent years, such that despite the impact of the Moratorium and other associated measures such as the Incentivised Scheme of Early Retirement (ISER) and the Incentivised Career Break Scheme (ICBS), the number of staff working in the Service is still greater than at the end of 2006 and only marginally less than at the...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Section 59 (2) of the Prison Rules, 2007 allows for the discretionary granting of additional remission, up to one third as opposed to the standard rate of one quarter, where a prisoner has shown further good conduct through his engagement in authorised structured activity and where, as a result, the prisoner is less likely to re-offend and will be better able to reintegrate into the...

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As indicated in 2003 when this report was published, there are strong reservations about interpreting the main finding of the study as suggesting that over 28% of the prisoner population in the country have a mental handicap. Any such suggestion is strongly disputed by people who work with prisoners in a professional capacity on a daily basis and there is a reasonable basis for argument that...

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (20 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In 2003 the results of a survey commissioned by my Department were published in the Irish Prison Service publication entitled "The Prison Adult Literacy Survey - Results and Implications". The survey found that a significant number of prisoners were not functionally literate, with 52% of them at Level 1 or Pre-Level 1 literacy levels. Level 1 is defined as knowing the alphabet but having...