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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that valid applications for a certificate of naturalisation have been received from the persons referred to by the Deputy. The applications are currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person 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: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person who is referred to by the Deputy entered the State in April 2012 and was registered on Student conditions in May 2012. The person referred to was 24 years of age when he entered the State. His application will be examined in the coming days and assessed in light of the Family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: As I stated in my answer to Parliamentary Question No 271 of 19 December 2013 the person referred to by the Deputy made an application to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department in July 2013. INIS is currently awaiting replies to correspondence issued. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services (INIS) that no application for residency in the State was received from the person concerned. It is open to the person concerned to make an application for residency (for the grant of a stamp 4) to INIS if he so wishes. Details on the criteria to be met by persons lodging such applications are available from my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned entered the State on 10th, January, 2007 and was granted permission to remain until 8th July, 2013. He has remained in the State without permission since that latter date. Given that the person 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), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 53527/13 of the 12th December, 2013 which is set as follows. The position remains unchanged. I wish to inform the Deputy that the person referred to has no entitlement to residency or leave to remain. As outlined in previous Dail replies in this matter the person referred to has no application pending for residency. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person 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 State but also...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in May 2008. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person in question did not meet the statutory residency requirements as set out in the Act. The person concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person referred to has no entitlement to residency. As outlined in a number of previous Dail replies in this matter the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: As stated in my letter which issued to the Deputy on 31 October 2013, the person mentioned, who is now over the age of 18, should make an application in his own right and present the circumstances of his case. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the General Immigration Division of INIS has still not received an application from this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted Long Term Residency in October 2013 for a period of five years. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the Irish Nationality and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: This applicant arrived in the State and applied for asylum on 12 June 2008. His application was refused on 30 April 2010, per recommendation of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, and this recommendation was affirmed by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The applicant subsequently submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned applied for asylum in the State on 2 December, 2009. An interview under section 11 of the Refugee Act took place in relation to the person concerned with the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and a report pursuant to section 13(1) of the Refugee Act, 1996 was compiled on 10 March, 2010 and recommended that the person concerned be refused a declaration of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Language Issues (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: My Department has over 50 members of staff on a panel of officials who are available to deal with queries in Irish from members of the public. This number has been more than adequate to date to meet the demand for such services - despite its broad range of functional areas. Recent work in the context of my Department developing a workforce planning framework has confirmed that that number is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The total costs for photography paid by the Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 to date is set out in the folowing table. Date Occasion Company Cost 25/3/2011 Ministerial File Portrait Package Maxwell Photography €393.25 (Including VAT) 9/11/2011 Launch of Winter Ready Campaign Maxwell Photography €849.42 (Including VAT) 21/11/2012 Launch of Winter Ready Campaign...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Relations Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external public relations or communications consultants since I took office in March 2011. In this period, the Defence Forces engaged the services of one external communications company, The Communications Clinic , to provide training. The cost of the training was €2,775.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Service Reform Plan Update (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: The bodies under the aegis of my Department when the Government took office were the Civil Defence Board, the Board of Coiste an Asgard and the Army Pensions Board. The Civil Defence Board was identified in the Public Service Reform Plan as a body to be abolished and legislation was passed by the Oireachtas in December 2012 for the dissolution of the Board. Its functions transferred back to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (16 Jan 2014)

Alan Shatter: As of 01 January 2014, Ireland is contributing approximately 412 Defence Forces personnel to 14 different missions throughout the world. Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas are listed in the tabular statement attached. The main overseas missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 209...