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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 7 February 2007. 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 — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Valid applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in August 2007. Processing of the applications has been completed and I have reached a decision on both. The persons concerned will be informed of the decisions in the near future.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jan 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. I decided in my absolute discretion to grant a certificate of naturalisation and the person in question was informed of that decision in a letter issued to him on 14 July, 2009. Officials in the Citizenship...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 706 on 3 November, 2009. The position remains as stated. The General Immigration Division of my Department has informed me that in November 2009 an application was received from the person in question for a Without Condition As To Time endorsement, also known as stamp 5. The application was processed and as the person had acquired the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The number of whole-time equivalent staff attached to the 19 agencies and executive offices of the Department (but excluding bodies in the wider Justice sector which recruit their own staff such as the Courts Service, Garda Síochána, Garda Ombudsman Commission, Legal Aid Board, Property Registration Authority and non-administrative staff in the Irish Prison Service) at the end of 2007 was...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: My Department provides centralised support for 23 websites developed under its IT Shared Service model. Figures recorded in 2009 indicate that there were over one quarter of a million unique visits to my Department's main site (www.justice.ie) and over a half a million unique visits to the website of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie). Individual visits are not...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I intend to publish new legislation on begging in due course to take account of the High Court judgment in the Dillon case. The Court ruled that the current law, Section 3 of the Vagrancy (Ireland) Act 1847, was unconstitutional. The Deputy might note that, already, there are provisions in the Children Act 2001 directed at those who use children for begging. Section 247 of that Act...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As indicated in the Government Legislative Programme, announced by the Chief Whip on 19 January, 2010, the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is in the course of being drafted with a view to being published in this session. The provisions in the Bill for the establishment of a Court Funds Office will include amendment of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 to...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the overall costs of the policing operation to date for the Corrib Gas project, from the commencement of the operation in August 2005 to end-December 2009 is approximately €13.843 million. A detailed breakdown of the figures is set out in the table. These figures do not include the basic salaries of the members who performed the duty at the...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The circumstances surrounding the import of an explosive substance to Ireland from the Slovak Republic on 2 January 2010 are a matter of serious concern to me and the Government. The background to this incident is that the Garda Síochána were contacted by the Dublin Airport Authorities on 5 January 2010 informing them that they had received a communication purporting to be from the Slovak...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities, that the personnel strength of each Garda station in Galway, as at 31 December 2006 - 2009 and the retirement figures for that period, by rank, are as set out in the tables. The personnel strength by rank of each station in Galway for the period 2006-2008 and the number of new recruits, transfers or resignations in those years are not readily available...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In accordance with the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006, the Road Safety Authority, which is under the aegis of the Department of Transport, has responsibility for carrying out research into road collisions. As part of this work, it publishes an annual report, Road Collision Facts, which contains information on fatal collisions.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers. At the end of 2009, a total of 54 centres throughout the country accommodating 6,494 persons seeking international protection were under contract to the RIA. As part of the management of this process, the RIA advertises annually in the national press for expressions of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person in question was granted residency in the State by the Garda National Immigration Bureau on the basis of her marriage to an Irish national. She should send a request in writing to the Spouse of Irish National Unit of the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Services located at 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 for a current status letter which will confirm her permission to remain in the State.

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that, as of 31 December 2009, the personnel strength of each Garda Division was as listed in the table. The population of each County as per the 2006 Census drawn from the website of the Central Statistics Office (www.cso.ie) is also shown in a separate table. The Commissioner is in the process of re-aligning Garda Divisional boundaries to make them...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The position is that amendments to the Multi-Unit Developments Bill 2009 and the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 are currently being drafted to respond to issues raised during Second Stage discussions and in submissions subsequently received by my Department from relevant stakeholders.

Operational Co-operation on EU Internal Security: Motion. (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I thank the Deputies for the broad cross-party support for this motion. Deputy Ó Snodaigh spoke about external border security. Having been Minister for Foreign Affairs and now Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, I am acutely aware of the desire of our member state colleagues, particularly driven by Ireland, of the need to address some of the difficulties with inward illegal...

Operational Co-operation on EU Internal Security: Motion. (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion, under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The issues were debated ad nauseam.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Hear, hear.