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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made a Family Reunification Application in respect of her husband in July 2009. The application was forwarded to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. The investigation was completed in November 2009 and a...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person to whom he refers applied for asylum on 18 August, 2003. This application was refused by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner on 13 May, 2004 and that decision was upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal on 19 August, 2004. The person's case is currently being examined in accordance with section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999. The...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in May 2007 and I decided in my absolute discretion not to grant a certificate of naturalisation. The person in question was informed of this decision and the reasons for refusal in a letter issued to him on 15 December, 2009....

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November 2007. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 26 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have sought a report on the matter from the relevant officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS). When I have received this report, I will then write to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has no application for residency pending in my department. 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. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In respect of the first part of the question, the person concerned applied for asylum on 26 November 2004. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 29 August 2005. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned was entitled to remain in the State until her application for asylum was decided. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Travel Documents: Travel Documents (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that no application for a temporary travel document has been received from the person in question to-date. In exceptional cases an application for an Irish temporary travel document may be considered from a person who has been granted leave to remain in the State and who does not possess a passport. In all cases, INIS...

Written Answers — Family Reunification: Family Reunification (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted leave to remain in the State for a three year period, to 20 August 2011. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 20 August 2008 (re-issued on 6 August 2009). The Deputy might wish to note that the position in the State of the person concerned is not such as would enable her to make an application for family...

Written Answers — Travel Documents: Travel Documents (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the procedures to be followed when applying for a temporary travel document are outlined on the website, www.inis.gov.ie where the application form and details of how to apply for a temporary travel document are all available under the headings of "Immigration" and "Travel Documents". The person concerned was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person to whom he refers was granted permission to remain in the State in March of 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. The most recent permission to remain granted to the person in question expired on 6 April, 2009. I am informed that the person concerned presented at the offices of the Garda...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the Long Term Residency section of my Department inform me that a decision issued to the person concerned on 12 May 2010.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: This technical amendment has been proposed to reflect recent changes in ministerial and departmental responsibilities. It involves the removal of the word "Equality" from the Minister's title so that it now reads "Minister for Justice and Law Reform".

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: On Committee Stage, I tabled an amendment to section 10 proposing that three members of the property services regulatory authority "shall be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are representatives of persons who provide property services", such as auctioneers, letting agents and property management service providers. During subsequent discussions on the amendment, it was suggested...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Having experience over several years of appointing people to boards, when one is ticking all the boxes on gender representation balance, it is something of an onerous task. This is especially the case when getting nominations from various groups who do not necessarily put forward a gender balanced nomination, leaving it up to the Minister to ensure the gender balance of a board's membership....

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: That is not agreed.

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The purpose of a code of practice under the Bill is to provide guidance in the form of non-binding standards in respect of the provision of property services. For this reason, any failure to observe a provision of such a code would not, of itself, render a licensee liable to any civil or criminal proceedings. It can, if relevant, be taken into account by the authority, the appeals board or...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: These are technical amendments. They provide that applications to the High Court and Circuit Court in the first instance shall be in a summary manner. This will mean the procedures for statutory applications under the rules of the superior courts and Circuit Court rules will automatically apply to such applications. This will remove the need to make specific rules of court to deal with any...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Report Stage (3 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: This is merely a technical amendment.