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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on 25th January 2015 and was registered as a student on Stamp 2 conditions on 7th April 2015. Their most recent permission to remain in the State expired on 31st January 2016. The person concerned wrote to INIS in 24 June 2016 seeking to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for family reunification in respect of person referred to was received in November 2015. The application is currently being processed. All applications received are dealt with in chronological order by the Family Reunification section. The Deputy may wish to note that queries...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on 20/08/2012 and was registered as a Student in the State on 01/10/2012 under Stamp 2 student conditions. This permission expired on 30/09/2016, and the person concerned does not currently have any permission to remain in the State. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on 21/02/2013 and was registered as a Student in the State on 26/03/2013 under Stamp 2 conditions. This permission expired on 20/01/2016, and the person concerned does not currently have any permission to remain in the State. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons referred to by the Deputy entered the State in 2011 and 2012 respectively and were registered as students under Stamp 2 conditions. The first mentioned person's student permission expired on 30/09/2016, while the second mentioned person currently has permission to be in the State on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 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 23 December 2013 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the person concerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 17 April 2018. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of the person concerned having entered or remained in the State. It is noted that the person concerned has not made contact with INIS' Residence Division in respect of their position in the State, and there are no applications pending with INIS. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on 14 September 2009 and was registered as a Student in the State on 22 October 2009 under Stamp 2 student conditions. This person had permission to be in the State on Student conditions until 14 May 2016. The person concerned does...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned had no valid basis to remain in the State, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), they were notified that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of them. Written representations have been submitted on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. The records indicate that he currently has permission to reside in the State until 4 November 2016. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was originally granted permission to remain in the State for a one year period, to 21st February, 2014. The person concerned has since had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period, to 19th February, 2017. It will be open to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on 4 May 2009 and was registered as a student in the State on 20 May 2009 under Stamp 2 student conditions. This person had permission to be in the State on student conditions until 30 September 2013. The person concerned does not have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (20 Oct 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: Deportation Orders Re-examination (20 Oct 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 05 November 2013 . 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of personnel and resources in An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct role in these matters. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is assumed that the Deputy is enquiring about applicants who have come through the international protection system (asylum and subsidiary protection) and whose applications have been rejected at these stages of the process. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a breakdown of the number of rejected protection applicants who were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that a total of 5,629 prisoners were granted temporary release in the six month period April to September 2016. A significant number of these refer to persons imprisoned for very short periods for non-payment of fines, who were granted early release shortly thereafter. For the same period 1,056 prisoners were refused temporary release. The Irish Prison...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the provision of equipment for An Garda Síochána and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that an internal working group has been established to examine the issue of body cameras and, if appropriate, to develop a relevant business case which will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Relations Contracts Data (20 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has not applied for permission to engage outside public relations companies for the purposes of disseminating government policy.