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Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Visa section of my Department can find no record of correspondence of 5th and 15th February 2010 having been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. However, the person referred to can resubmit the correspondence to the Visa section to allow for any issues raised to be addressed. While officials of my Department regularly meet with representative bodies who act on behalf of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: An application for Long Term Residency from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in April 2009 and is currently being processed by my officials. It is likely that a decision will be reached in the coming months. As soon as a decision is made, the person concerned will be notified.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous reply to Question 232 of the 5 May 2010 including the reasons for the refusal of the visa application in question. As also outlined in my reply, this application was refused on the 30 March 2010 and mention was made that it was open to the person concerned to appeal the decision of the Visa Officer within two months of the date of refusal, in this case...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to provide the information requested by the Deputy. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Garda authorities that the official accommodation attached to Lahinch Garda Station has been vacated as of the 16th April 2010. Local Management will meet with the Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for the provision and maintenance of Garda accommodation, in the coming weeks to determine the scale and the costs of works, if any, to be undertaken to the...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 to 330, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that as at 6 May 2010, the number of cars within the Garda fleet is 2,014, of which 957 are over four years old. Over the last number of years there has been a sustained programme of investment in Garda vehicles in terms of maintenance, running expenses and new purchases amounting to some...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together. My Department is responsible for staffing its Head Office and a large number of agencies under its remit, including the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Separately, the Human Rights Commission, Legal Aid Board, National Disability Authority, An Garda Síochána, Irish Prisons Service, Courts Service and Property Registration...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Visa Section of my Department confirms that an appeal has been received from the person referred to. The appeal is being processed and a decision will issue in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that his representations on behalf of the person concerned were received by my office on the 18th March 2010. A number of standard procedures need to be followed before I can make a decision on this appointment and my officials are currently attending to these matters. I expect to be in a position to make a decision in the near future.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 11 February 2005. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned 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...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The position is that section 12 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009, which entered into effect on 1 December 2009, prohibits the creation of a fee farm grant at law or in equity. From that date, any instrument purporting to create a fee farm grant, or to grant a lease for life or lives renewable for ever or for any period which is perpetually renewable, vests in the purported...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 May 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 December 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous replies to his Parliamentary Questions. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a letter issued to the person referred to by the Deputy on 20th April 2010. I am further informed by INIS that on receipt of a response from the person referred to by the Deputy the case will be considered further.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person referred to is the subject of a Family Reunification application made by his wife in April 2010. The application has been forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. On completion of the investigation the Commissioner will prepare...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions 512 on 20 April, 2010 & 196 on 29 April, 2010. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 11 April 2007. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned 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...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 May 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 April 2008. 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for a three year period, to 7 February 2013. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 8 February 2010, re-issued on 8 March 2010.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No 126 of Thursday, 18 June 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The position in the State of the person concerned now falls to be considered for Subsidiary Protection in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006) and this application is...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (18 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Currently, there is no application for residency from this applicant, however, this applicant applied for asylum on the 30th August, 2002, his application was refused and a Deportation Order was made on the 11th September, 2003. The applicant instituted Judicial Review proceedings on the 25 April, 2008 challenging the Deportation Order made in respect of him and accordingly, as the matter is...