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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State in 1999 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. The permission has been renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 29th August, 2015. A valid application for a certificate of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that having checked with both the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) and Visas Division in INIS, there is no record of the person concerned entering the State in 2007 or applying for a visa to do so. Accordingly, he is without permission to be in the State at present. However, given the unusual family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 18 August, 2006, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the first person referred to by the Deputy in December, 2011. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was approved as the subject of a Family Reunification application on 16 May 2006. I am further informed by INIS that the person concerned does not have an application pending for Long Term Residency or Naturalisation. However, it is open to them to submit an application for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was approved as the subject of a Family Reunification application on 16 May 2006. I am further informed that the person concerned was granted permission to enter and reside in the State pursuant to Section 18 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) and is entitled to the rights...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in July, 2009. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant a certificate of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State, on Stamp 4 conditions, on 25th June 2010. This permission was renewed subsequently and is currently valid until 3 January, 2014. I am informed by staff in Citizenship Division advise that there is no record of the person referred to by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy has permission to be in the State as a Student until 09/11/2013. This person arrived in the State on 05/12/2006 and currently has no entitlement to Stamp 4. The person has no pending application with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. information on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted temporary permission to remain in the State under stamp 4 conditions for an initial one year period on 10th June, 2002, on the basis that she was part of a family unit where the parents had been granted residency on the basis of parentage of an Irish citizen child....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 222 and 223 together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that the areas referred to are within the Nobber Garda Sub-District which is part of the Navan Garda District. The area is patrolled regularly by the local uniform crime prevention patrols which are augmented as necessary by resources from the District Headquarters of Navan together with the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: On 14 May 2013, the Government approved the deployment of a number of members of the Permanent Defence Force for service at the headquarters of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria. The UNDOF Mission was established by the United Nations on 31 May 1974 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 350 (1974) following the agreed disengagement of the Israeli...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Disability Strategy Implemenation Plan (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. I will relieve him of any mystery by saying my good friend and colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is primarily responsible as the co-ordinating Minister across Departments. I am replying to this debate because she is abroad on Government business. I know this is an area in which she has substantial commitment. I will deal...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Disability Strategy Implemenation Plan (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Senator rarely gives out to me, I must be doing something right on occasion.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Disability Strategy Implemenation Plan (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I do not want to give my good friend and colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendon Howlin, apoplexy by suggesting the embargo be relaxed. Obviously, we must stick to the strict financial parameters within which we are operating, but within these parameters, as the Senator kindly acknowledged, the overall objective is being achieved. There are some...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Employment Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and very much appreciate his long-standing interest in this area. I am not sure I will be able to give him as full a reply as he seeks, but in so far as there is any information missing, I assure him I will revert to him in that regard. I take the opportunity to emphasise my continued commitment and that of the Government to promoting good...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am grateful for the opportunity to address issues arising from last Thursday's "Prime Time" programme. I regret that comments made by me may have inadvertently resulted in concerns being expressed that I am prepared to use confidential Garda information to damage a political opponent. Nothing could be further from the truth, but I am happy to offer reassurances to Deputies on this point....

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: It may be helpful to clarify the issue of Garda discretion in dealing with road traffic matters. After our initial exchange on "Prime Time", Deputy Wallace acknowledged that it was okay for gardaí who stopped someone to exercise discretion but stated that, once a fixed charge notice issued, no discretion should be exercised by gardaí. In his view, no matter what the circumstances,...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: I thank Deputy Niall Collins for the questions he has raised. By way of context, I refer the Deputy to the entirety of subsection 41(1) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, which provides that the Garda Commissioner shall keep the Minister and the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality fully informed of certain matters. The Deputy was somewhat selective in his...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Alan Shatter: There was no issue because I was driving along a route one could drive along and a traffic garda was confused about the issue.