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Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order following a comprehensive and thorough examination of her asylum claim, her application for subsidiary protection and her application to remain temporarily in the State. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The enforcement of the Deportation...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that he is constrained in commenting on the matters concerned as related criminal proceedings are underway.

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 207 together. The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting for a large number of organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation on behalf of the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November 2009. Applications on behalf of minors are dealt with by a separate unit in the Citizenship Division. Because they generally require less processing than standard adult applications, it is usually possible to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There are a number of provisions in the law for ensuring that payments continue to be made by spouses in support of their dependent spouses and children. They include enabling powers for the courts to order attachment of the earnings of a debtor spouse, to order the securing of payments to the maintenance creditor, to order the payment of lump sums and to order arrears of maintenance to be...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The number of registration cards issued to foreign nationals in the years 2006 to 2010 is as follows: 2006: 144,090 2007: 127,893 2008: 127,253 2009: 116,332 2010 (to May 30): 47,864 -------------- Total: 563,432 From 29 May 2006 to 22 August 2008, a statutory fee of €100 was charged in respect of each Certificate of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that applications for Business Permission are currently taking 5-6 weeks to process on receipt of fully completed applications. The following table outlines the figures since 2005 to May 2010 in respect of applications processed by the Business Permission Unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. Business...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information sought by the Deputy for the period in question is being compiled and will be forwarded to him as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The table below sets out the number of applications for certificates of naturalisation received and the number of certificates of naturalisation issued in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010:- Year Applications received Certificates issued 2005 4,523 1,451 2006 7,026 1,390 2007 7,616 1,501 2008 10,885 3,117 2009 27,765 4,531 2010 YTD 7,614 3,392 All valid applications are...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: For the purposes of this Question, information is being provided in respect of the Long Term Residency scheme only, given that the Deputy is separately being provided with information regarding other residency schemes. Long Term Residency is an administrative scheme that was introduced in May 2004 and is focused on persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 200 together. In the interests of clarity, the Deputy might wish to note that there is no such thing as an 'application for leave to remain' and, as such, it is not possible to provide statistics on the numbers of such applications which were received in any particular year. However, what has become known as 'an application for leave to remain' is the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of asylum applications received and recommendations to grant refugee status in the period 2005 - 2010 (30/4) is set out in the tables below. Table 1. Asylum Applications Received 2005 - 2010 (30/4) Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (30/4) Applications Received 4,323 4,314 3,985 3,866 2,689 693 Table 2. Recommendations to...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There were 16 asylum applications still awaiting a decision at first instance in the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) as at 30 April 2010. The breakdown sought by the Deputy in relation to these cases is not available. A breakdown of asylum appeals on hand over two years in the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) is set out in the table below. Cases on hand over two years in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The table below sets out the available information requested by the Deputy. Year No. of applications received No. of apps awaiting a decision 2005 4,523 41 2006 7,026 384 2007 7,616 1,578 2008 10,885 6,052

Written Answers — Information Systems Project: Information Systems Project (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: On 11 March 2008, the Government approved the development of Phase 1 of an Irish Border Information System (IBIS). IBIS will operate by collecting passenger information from carriers which will be screened against immigration, Garda, and other watch lists of persons of interest to agencies participating in the project. Where a match occurs, the system will generate an alert which will be...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The deportation costs provided below refer to the removal from the State of illegal immigrants and persons whose asylum applications were refused. The vast majority of the removals involved persons whose asylum applications were refused. Set out below are the costs, from 2005 up to 31 March 2010, of the removal of persons subject to Deportation Orders, by scheduled and charter flights. These...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The deportation statistics requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table: Year Deportation OrdersIssued Deportation Orders Effected 2005 2186 395 2006 1371 301 2007 400 139 2008 669 161 2009 985 291 2010(1 Jan - 8 June) 332 126 The enforcement of Deportation Orders is and remains an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. While every effort is made...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Below is the list of charter operations which took place between 1 January 2008 and 31 May 2010, in which Ireland and other Member States participated. These charter operations were organised through the EU-wide FRONTEX network. 2008 Frontex Flights Date Destination No. Deported from Ireland Lead Country Other Participants 24th June Nigeria 8 Netherlands Ireland 22nd July Nigeria 6...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I must advise the Deputy that for the years 2005 and 2006 electronic records were not maintained in such a way as to easily facilitate the extraction of the details requested. Furthermore, figures for 2010 to date are not available. The tables below detail the approval and refusal numbers for student visa applications by nationality for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009. Study Visa decisions by...