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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency 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 on asylum applications that are pending.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person concerned made an application for a permanent residence card as the non-EU family member of an EU citizen on 23 February, 2010. All applications are dealt with in chronological order of date of receipt. The application is currently being processed and the representative for the person in question will be contacted as...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the parents of the person to whom he refers were granted permission to remain in the State in 1999 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. This permission to remain is currently valid until 5 February, 2011. I am further informed that there is no record of the person in question having registered with the Garda...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the refusal of his 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 30 April 2007, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person to whom he refers was granted permission to remain in the State in October of 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain is currently valid until 21 October, 2010. The person in question is advised to attend his local...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted temporary permission to remain in the State for a three year period to 23 July 2011 in line with the permission granted to her mother. This decision was conveyed to the mother of the person concerned by letter dated 24 July 2008. This letter was re-issued on 7 July 2009. This position still obtains.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State, initially for a one year period to 26 January 2006, following the consideration of his case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This permission was renewed on a number of subsequent occasions, most recently on 24 June 2008 when the person concerned was granted permission to remain for a further three...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person referred to by the Deputy is currently in the State and has contacted my Department in relation to her residency in the State. This application is currently receiving attention.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The persons concerned, a husband and wife, have no permission to remain in the State. As a result, they were informed, by separate letters dated 18 August 2009, that the Minister proposed to make Deportation Orders in respect of them. They were given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of Deportation Orders or of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 186 of Thursday, 29 April, 2010. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 20 May, 2010. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Identity Cards: Identity Cards (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: For the purposes of this question a national identity card is a document issued by the authorities of a state so as to establish the nationality and identity of the person concerned. In many countries in the EU possession of the Identity card is compulsory for all nationals of that state. This sort of document should not however be confused with cards of a more limited function, e.g. public...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department has no record of having received any correspondence from the person to whom he refers. The person in question was granted permission to remain in the State in February of 2005, under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission expired on 10...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that my Department received no funding from the National Lottery in the years in question.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that, given the type, nature and time period of the data sought, it could only be compiled by a disproportionate expenditure of staff resources and I do not believe that this can be justified at the present time given the many other compelling and competing demands on my Department's resources.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: 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 28 December 2007, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (1 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As I have previously informed the Deputy, a High Court judgment last year had implications for sections 6 (imprisonment in the case of non-payment of debt) and 8 (imprisonment relating to non-payment of maintenance) of the Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940. The Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Act 2009 made changes to both sections consequent on that judgment in accordance with...

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to bring the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 to this House. I appreciate the co-operation of the House in agreeing to take this Bill at relatively short notice. I thank the Opposition for its understanding in this respect. I congratulate Deputy Shatter on his promotion to the position of spokesperson...

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As was said during the last session, the Ceann Comhairle has had such patience putting up with me for the past 23 years.

Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Jul 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There is no doubt we are in an era when increasingly we need to look for new approaches in tackling new problems. I decided some months ago that a new approach was necessary to deal with the problem of head shops which have been emerging in our society in the past year or more. The Bill before us is such a new approach. It is a robust, innovative and urgent approach. In it I am providing...