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Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 132 together. In St Patrick's Institution educational classes and courses are provided by a team of twenty whole-time equivalent teachers. All young persons are interviewed on committal for both Work/Training and Education and offered places in one or other of these activities. While the primary focus is on basic literacy and numeracy, the...

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Prison Service has committed significant investment in recent years to respond to drug misuse within prisons in keeping with our policy and strategy "Keeping Drugs Out of Prisons" which continues to be implemented. A comprehensive range of services and programmes are provided in all closed prisons including St. Patrick's Institution. Drug rehabilitation programmes seek to reduce...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person in question has submitted additional information in support of her application for permission to remain. This application is currently under consideration and officials in my department will contact the person concerned in the near future.

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 243 of 25 May 2010 in this matter. I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the Garda Central Vetting Unit has not yet received the completed application from the registered organisation in respect of the person to whom he refers. Once the completed application is received by the Vetting Unit it will be processed accordingly.

Written Answers — Psychotropic Substances: Psychotropic Substances (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The increasing emergence of a large number of new unregulated psychoactive substances specifically designed to circumvent drug controls in Europe is currently a matter of primary concern for the European Union. While officials from various Government Departments, including my own, continue to work closely with the EU and UN international drugs policy fora tackling this issue, I firmly...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that a Garda has been allocated to Cloone Garda Station and will take up duty there on the 17 June 2010.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (16 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy has no application pending for residency. The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim, his application for subsidiary protection and his application to remain temporarily in the State. He has...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It will be an interesting election.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The revolting Taoiseach.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: This delaying tactic means we will miss a few minutes of the World Cup.

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It will not work.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the persons concerned are required to be in possession of a valid Irish visa prior to seeking entry to the State. Comprehensive information with regard to the visa application process is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie). The provision of a multiple entry visa is available to applicants in certain...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Marriage to an Irish national does not confer an automatic right of residence in the State. A non EEA national who wishes to reside in the State on the basis of their marriage to an Irish national must make an application for permission to remain in the State. There is presently no legislative basis for this process pending the implementation of the revised Immigration Bill. There are...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland which are registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to work with children and/or vulnerable adults. The strategic expansion of the Garda vetting service is taking place by way of a phased roll-out...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The standard conditions for a person aged 18 years are that they must: be of good character; have had a period of one year's...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As stated in the response to Parliamentary Question 570 of 20 April 2010, the contents of the Report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate on Resource Allocation are being examined by the Garda Commissioner and his senior management. I am informed that, following discussions with Garda management, the Garda Inspectorate intends to publish an update in July 2010 on the implementation of their...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the opening hours of the Glynn Garda Station are from 10am to 1pm when the Garda is on duty. The opening hours of the station are published in a prominent position in the front window of the Garda Station and the details of the official mobile phone and private phone number for the Garda are also provided on this notice. When the Garda is not on...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 14 April 2005. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), he was entitled to remain in the State until his application for asylum was decided. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Arising...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No 145 of Thursday, 5 November 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The position in the State of the person concerned now falls to be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (15 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Questions Number 201 of 26th May and Number 301 of 1st June, 2010 which sets out the position.