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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned entered the State on 25 September 2010. They were registered as a student on Stamp 2A conditions between 4 April 2013 and 21 October 2013. It should be noted that the person concerned should have sought an extension of their permission to remain in the State as a student upon...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa applications referred to were received in the Irish Visa Office in Abu Dhabi on 30 November 2015. I am also advised that there has been an exponential increase, since the second quarter of 2015, in the number of such applications. While every effort is made to process these applications...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As I indicated to the Deputy in my post-correspondence reply to his Parliamentary Question of 31 May 2016 referred to above, payments under the Safety Camera Contract from 2010 to end May 2016 are as follows: Payments to Go Safe 2010 € 2011 € 2012 € 2013 € 2014 € 2015 € 2016 to date € 228,494 15,842,378 15,613,641 17,036,733...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together. The current contract for the safety camera service is with Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited, a private limited company, trading as GoSafe. The members of the original consortium (now Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited) that tendered for the contract were Spectra, Egis Projects and Redflex Traffic Systems. The matter to which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that both individuals were registered in the State as students - one from 7 March 2007 to 13 July 2013 - who is now deemed to be a timed out student, while the other person was registered from 9 August 2011 to 11 November 2014 but failed to renew this permission upon expiration. Ireland has offered a generous immigration regime to foreign students, not only in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 8th April 2016. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is registered in the State as a student on Stamp 2A conditions until 9 December 2017. The person concerned made an application for a change of their immigration status on 16 February 2016. This application was considered, and it was decided that the person concerned was not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has submitted written representations. These representations, together with all other information on file, will be fully considered, under Section 3 (6) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are not in receipt of any application from the person in question to upgrade their residency status. In the circumstances, I would suggest that the person make an application and give full details of their current circumstances in the State to enable a decision to be made in their case....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of the person concerned. In the circumstances, I would suggest that the person make an application for residency and give full details of their current circumstances in the State to enable a decision to be made in her case. Queries in relation to the status of individual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they are not in receipt of any application for long term residency from the person concerned. In the circumstances, I would suggest that the person make an application and give full details of their current circumstances in the State, to enable a decision to be made in this case. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 27 May 2016. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: On 17 August 2016, a new contract for the provision and operation of the safety camera network on Irish roads was concluded following a public procurement competition. The new contract for the safety camera service is with Road Safety Operations Ireland Limited, a private limited company, trading as GoSafe. All tenders received were evaluated by a tender evaluation committee chaired by my...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 15 August 2016. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 17th May 2012 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the personconcerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing, with a view to establishing whether the conditions for naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence are satisfied. A letter issued to the person concerned on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is ongoing and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: All internal promotional competitions held by the Irish Prison Service are carried out in line with the Code of Practice issued by the Commission for Public Service Appointments (CPSA). This Code provides that "appointments are made following a competitive, merit-based selection process in which all candidates have been treated equally at each stage" and that "decisions taken throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a letter issued on 24 August to the person referred to by the Deputy advising of the decision on his application for a certificate of naturalisation. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which...