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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for the period to 11th April, 2012. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 12th August, 2011. While this decision letter was issued by registered post, and was not returned undelivered, it is not clear that it was received by the person concerned. As a result of these circumstances, I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The question of residency status does not arise at this time in the case of the person whose details were supplied. As the Deputy is aware, if the person concerned has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process. I understand that the person concerned is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has current permission to remain, on immigration Stamp 4 conditions, until 20th June, 2014. It will be open to the person concerned to apply for the further renewal of his permission to remain one month before his current permission expires. This being the case, the Deputy will appreciate that there is no issue outstanding in the context of the immigration case of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Mar 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: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned does not have an application with INIS and their position remains the same as was outlined in my replies to previous Parliamentary Questions (18 September 2013 and 3 October 2013). This person, as a timed out student in the State, does not qualify for Stamp 4. Queries in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful residence. A letter...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on his parentage of an Irish born minor citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, and a decision arrived at, the person concerned will be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has current permission to remain in the State until 11th April, 2014. The person concerned made an application for the renewal of his temporary permission to remain and this application is under consideration at present. Once a decision has been made on this application, this decision, and the consequences of the decision, will be conveyed in writing to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: While the number of retirements of Gardaí in the Donegal Division in 2009 and 2010 is not readily available, there have been 55 retirements of Gardai in that Division since 2011. As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of all personnel among the Garda Regions, Divisions, and Districts. Garda management keep this distribution under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Garda Operation Fiacla remains in force nationally and specific burglary initiatives continue to be implemented in each Garda Region to target suspected offenders. Operation Fiacla has proven to be a robust and effective response to burglary offences and this is borne out by the latest crime statistics published by the Central Statistics Office which show that the rate of burglary has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013 is currently before the Seanad having completed its passage through the Dáil on 19 February last. The Bill repeals Part 3 of the Fines Act 2010 and replaces it with a comprehensive fines payment and recovery regime that will ensure: - that the court takes a person's financial circumstances into account when setting the fine; - that it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: The unsatisfactory age and fitness profile of the Permanent Defence Force was an issue of serious concern during the 1990s and the subject of severe criticism in a series of external reports, mainly Price Waterhouse Consultants and the Efficiency Audit Group, EAG. One of the key areas identified for urgent action by the EAG was the development of a manpower policy with an emphasis on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: Like any Member of the House, I am anxious to ensure those who have given long service in the Defence Forces have every possible opportunity to obtain alternative employment when they leave. Many leave the Defence Forces having gained a great many skills that facilitate obtaining employment. In the context of the age issue, it is a serious matter to ensure we have an appropriate age profile...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, I cannot comment; it would be inappropriate for me to do so during the negotiations. What he is raising and, in effect, protesting against is a policy that his party stood over in government for over 14 years. It is quite extraordinary that he should now be exercised about this matter from the Opposition benches. What I am exercised about is ensuring we follow...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: We are recruiting 400 new members to the Defence Forces this year by virtue of the fact that certain numbers retire annually and that we can bring new young people into the Defence Forces and give them job opportunities that are not currently available to them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware, Private Kevin Joyce was killed on 27 April 1981 in the village of Dayr Ntar in south Lebanon. An observation post at Dayr Ntar, near As Sultaniyah, manned by Private Hugh Doherty and Private Kevin Joyce came under attack. Private Doherty was later found dead from gunshot wounds and Private Joyce was missing. Some equipment was also missing. The attackers are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In what year did that meeting take place?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: In response to the Deputy's initial question, I have already outlined the chronology of events. I went further on from 2001 and, unfortunately and tragically, no further information emerged. In 2007 the then Minister for Defence visited Lebanon and met the Lebanese Minister for Defence. He raised with him the disappearance of Private Joyce. The Lebanese Minister for Defence assured the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (25 Mar 2014)

Alan Shatter: I have no difficulty in bringing to the attention of the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what the Deputy has had to say. I am sure our ambassador will, in so far as she can, look into the possibility of making progress. Should I find myself visiting Ramallah on the West Bank again, I will have no difficulty in raising the matter, but I do not have any knowledge that...