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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The principal legislative provisions applicable to the processing of applications for asylum in Ireland are set out in the Refugee Act 1996 and the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006. The definition of a refugee is set out in Section 2 of the Act and is based on a well-founded fear of persecution in the country of origin for reasons of race, religion,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Defamation Act 2009 was commenced by order in its entirety on 1 January 2010.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested in relation to the staff appointed by me is set out in the following table. Name Title / Duties Salary Range Mr Ciarán Ó Cuinn Special Adviser (Programme Manager) € 80,051 - € 98,422 (Principal Officer scale) Mr Richard Moore Press Adviser € 80,051 - € 98,422 (Principal Officer scale) Ms Christine Maguire Personal Assistant € 43,816 - € 55,415...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that I have nothing further to add to the reply provided in respect of Question Number 191 on 4 November, 2010 as it is not feasible to extract the information sought by the Deputy without a disproportionate use of resources in gathering and compiling the list of payments sought. I would however like to remind the Deputy, as stated previously, that for the most part,...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 12 March 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Prison Service have informed me that queries raised by the Deputy were previously addressed by correspondence to him from the Director General of the Irish Prison Service in November 2010. The Irish Prison Service have also informed me that an investigation into the incident took place and that it has not been possible to establish what happened on the date in question. However,...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to refer the Deputy to the Revised Estimates Volume for 2010 which contains full year Estimates information for the bodies concerned. Copies of this document are available on the Department of Finance's website at www.finance.gov.ie and in the Oireachtas Library. As the majority of agencies under the aegis of my Department are staffed by my Department it would not be appropriate to...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that no recent changes have taken place with regard to visa processing facilities in Saudi Arabia. In fact, and as has been the case for approximately two years now, in order to assist with Irish colleges' efforts to attract high-standard students, a specific delegated sanction scheme is in place in our Riyadh embassy to facilitate and indeed expedite visa...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The allocation of Garda resources, including transport, together with overall policing arrangements, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. Such allocations are continually monitored by the Garda authorities and reviewed to ensure that optimum use is made of resources and the best possible Garda service is provided to the general public.

Written Answers — Citizen Applications: Citizen Applications (7 Dec 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 October 2009. The application is currently being processed in the normal way with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No 340 of Tuesday, 19 October 2010 and the written Reply to that Question. The position is as set out in that reply.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am not aware of any plans to place a Department of Justice and Law Reform agency supported facility to provide accommodation for its clients in the area in question. If the Deputy could be more specific, I would be happy to have the situation checked out.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the Deputy's question. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the information requested is set out in the table: Board / Appointment Person's Name Remuneration (per annum) Term Legal Aid Board Elizabeth Murphy €8,100 1 Year (Part of Term) Private Security Authority Oonagh McPhillips Ms. Mc Phillips is a Civil Servant in the Department of Justice and Law Reform and not in receipt of any payment for this position 2.5...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy that there is no tariff system in operation in this State insofar as prison sentencing is concerned. I can advise the Deputy that on 30 November, 2010 the number of sentenced prisoners in custody was 3,721 of which 3,583 were male and 138 were females. While the statistics maintained by the Irish Prison Service are not categorised in the format requested by the...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service does not collate statistics in relation to recidivism rates. However the Irish Prison Service facilitated a major study of prisoner re-offending by the UCD Institute of Criminology, published in December 2006. The study is based on 19,955 prisoner releases that took place between 1 January 2001 and 30 November 2004. This is an...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: PACE is a community based organisation funded by my Department through the Probation Service. PACE supports people through the transition from prison and an offending background into the community and to break the cycle of offending. PACE residential services provide supported accommodation on a short term basis for 22 homeless males leaving prison. There are 14 high support places and 8...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that the moratorium on recruitment and appointments continues to apply to An Garda Síochána with provisions for exceptions following agreement with the Minister for Finance. The purpose of organising a recruitment campaign earlier this year was to begin the process of establishing a panel of potential applicants who could go on to be recruited as members of An Garda...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to has been approved. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (7 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 199 together. Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 29 November 2006, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within...