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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a change of status for the person concerned and his partner was received on 21st August, 2013. Applications are dealt with in chronological order and INIS expect to be in contact with the applicants in the near future. I understand that the person concerned entered the State on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person named by the Deputy does not appear to have any permission to be in the State. If this is the case, she is in breach of Section 5(1) of the Immigration Act 2004 which provides that no non-national may be in the State other than in accordance with the terms of any permission given to them...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Issues (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 285 of Tuesday, 15th October, 2013 - copy of which follows. The position in the State of the person concerned is unchanged since then. The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that valid applications for certificates of naturalisation have been received from the persons referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 2000 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. This permission was renewed on a regular basis until 2010. The person concerned applied to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to have his permission renewed prior to December 2010. His request was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for Long Term Residency received from the person referred to by the Deputy has been granted, based on the applicant being a dependent of her spouse, that is, a Stamp 3. I wish to advise the Deputy that the granting of Long Term Residency on a Stamp 4 is subject to an applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The question of residency status in the case of the person whose details were supplied does not arise at this time. Should the option to apply for permission to remain in the State arise in the future the person concerned will be advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned arrived in the State on the 28th September 2009 and claimed asylum which was refused by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and on appeal by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. On the 25th August 2010 the Ministerial Decisions Unit informed the applicant in writing that it was proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. This letter was returned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: Based on the information supplied by the Deputy, I am informed by officials in my Department that they can find no record of a current visa application for the daughter of the person in question. When completing an on-line visa application the applicant is assigned a unique visa transaction number. If the Deputy could provide this number to officials in the Visa Office, I will arrange for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The inclusion of structures on the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) is a matter for the relevant local authority, in this case Kildare County Council. It is up to the planning authority to decide whether a structure should be included in the Record by identifying characteristics of special interest under various headings including architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Family Clinics (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have no plans to change the decision to discontinue the services provided at the Curragh Families Clinic. The Families Clinic currently provides free GP and pharmacy services to the families of certain enlisted military personnel who are resident within the Curragh camp and surrounding areas. Members of the Defence Forces do not attend the Clinic as they have a dedicated and...

Seanad: Passenger Name Record Data: Motion (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am happy to facilitate the Seanad in its consideration of these European Council decisions on the proposed agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of passenger name record data. However, it is unfortunate that the Seanad felt the need to raise this issue because it was discussed at great length at yesterday's meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice,...

Seanad: Passenger Name Record Data: Motion (14 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I want to thank Senators for the contributions they have made to the debate.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: One of the functions of the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 is to prepare and issue guidelines as to what constitutes a reasonable standard of living and reasonable living expenses. Initial guidelines were published as part of the ISI information campaign in April 2013 and an update guide issued in June 2013 which reflected adjustments for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Funding (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The specific budget for the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) for 2014 will be published as part of the upcoming Revised Estimate Volume. It is not possible to provide budgetary estimates for 2015 or 2016. Budgetary allocations for future years will take in to account the annual business requirements of the Service at that time. The ISI currently has 88 staff members. The total...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Application Numbers (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 492 and 493 together. The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) is currently processing a number of applications and has stated that, in the interest of confidentiality it will not be providing details or breakdowns of number of applications for the various debt relief solutions received or being processed at this time. The ISI fully intends to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) is the statutory body with responsibility for the authorisation of individuals to carry on practice as a personal insolvency practitioner (PIP). The process for authorising practitioners is rigorous and is based on a series of important considerations such as educational and professional qualifications, relevant knowledge and experience, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Staff (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: The salary details sought by the Deputy in respect of the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) are set out in the table below. Salary Band No of staff Less than € 10, 000 0 €10, 001 - € 20,000 0 € 20,001 - € 30,000 13 € 30,001 - € 40,000 20 € 40,001 - € 50,000 21 € 50,001 - € 60,000 17 € 60,001 -...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: In accordance with the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) has a regulatory function in relation to the authorisation and supervision of personal insolvency practitioners. I have been advised by the ISI that there are no plans to implement a service level agreement between the ISI, the regulator, and personal insolvency practitioners.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (19 Nov 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 and 498 together. I have been informed by the Central Bank that third party companies holding credit card details on behalf of other companies are not regulated by the Central Bank and that it has no role, therefore, in investigating such security breaches. The law relating to the protection of personal data, including the credit card data of...