Results 4,021-4,040 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: This person concerned arrived in the State on 17 May 2010 and has permission to remain until 16 July 2014 on Stamp 2A conditions. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the conditions attaching to this stamp are appropriate to the person's circumstances in the State. The INIS will respond shortly in relation to the person's stamp 4 request. Queries...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter has issued to the person referred to by the Deputy asking her to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. Upon receipt of the fee and documentation, the case will be finalised. The person concerned will be invited in due course to attend a citizenship...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned arrived in the State on 22 August 2008 and applied for asylum on 29 August 2008. The Refugee Applications Commissioner recommended refusal of her application for refugee status. This decision was subsequently upheld on appeal by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. A daughter was born to the person...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned are a husband and wife who entered the State on separate dates in 2005, as students, and were granted permission to remain until 23rd November, 2006 and 22nd February, 2006 respectively. They have remained in the State without permission since then. Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the persons...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1015 to 1017, inclusive, together. I wish to inform the Deputy that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions, which include the provision of accommodation for court sittings. I am informed that the Courts Service in considering...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. 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 29th November, 2011, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013 was published on 19 July last. The Bill does not provide for the recovery of fines by the attachment of social welfare payments. However, it does provide for the imposition of community service orders where a person fails to pay a fine and the court is of the view that it would not be appropriate to make either an attachment order or a recovery...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Abuja on 15 November 2012. Following full consideration, the Visa Officer decided to refuse the grant of the visa on 25 March 2013. The decision of the Visa Officer to refuse the application was not appealed within 60 days ( the requisite time-frame in which an appeal must be submitted ) of the refusal date. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: DNA Database (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013 was published on 11 September. I am looking forward to progressing the legislation through the Oireachtas shortly with a view to its early enactment.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will be aware that the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the detailed allocation of resources, including personnel, throughout the organisation and I have no direct function in the matter. This allocation of resources is constantly monitored in the context of demographics, crime trends, policing needs and other operational strategies in place on a District, Divisional and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The position is that the Law Reform Commission commenced work on a major statute law restatement project in 2007. Following publication of its initial Consultation Paper on Statute Law Restatement (LRC CP 45-2007), it published a Report on Statute Law Restatement in 2008 (LRC 91-2008). Since then, two programmes of statute law restatement, involving more than 110 restatements, have already...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Amendments (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1024 to 1027, inclusive, together. The Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution (Court of Appeal) Bill 2013 was published on 9 July. The Referendum on the Court of Appeal is due to be held on 4 October next. In the event that the Referendum is passed the changes to the Constitution contained in the Bill will take effect in accordance with the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy currently has permission to remain in the State until 26 July 2015. In addition, the person submitted a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation earlier this year. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the State but also at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Dail Questions No.1235 of 18 September 2012 and No. 660 of 11 June 2013 relating to the person referred to by the Deputy. The person mentioned by the Deputy was first registered in the State as a student on 22 March 2007. Her permission to remain here expired on 26 March 2013 and she no longer has permission to be in the State. The person made an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I take it the Deputy intends to refer to "a determination of eligibility for citizenship". I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that valid applications for certificates of naturalisation have been received from the individuals referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The question of an application for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied does not arise at this time. Should the option to apply for permission to remain in the State arise in the future the person concerned will be advised accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the State but also at...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in respect of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications pending their final determination.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 4 August, 1999 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005. This permission was renewed on a regular basis by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The permission to remain of the person concerned is currently valid until 22...