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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has had her Leave to Remain in the State extended for a six month period to 18 January 2010. This decision was conveyed to her by letter dated 21 December 2009.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of Tuesday, 6 October 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The up to date position is that the representations submitted by the person concerned as to why a Deportation Order should not be made in respect of him are currently being considered in my Department. This consideration will have regard for the provisions of Section 3 (6)...

Written Answers — Ethics in Public Office: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: As a Member of Dáil Éireann I am aware of and comply with the necessary declarations under the Ethics Acts. Details of all declarable items /benefits are available on the appropriate websites of the Standards in Public Office Commission and the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is in the Santry Garda District. Local Garda management is aware of difficulties being experienced by residents in the area as a result of anti-social behaviour and has introduced a District strategy targeting this type of activity. I am also informed that an active Neighbourhood Watch Scheme is in place and that the local...

Written Answers — Prisoners' Hardship Fund: Prisoners' Hardship Fund (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that all prisoners are statutorily entitled to a daily gratuity. The current rate of gratuity payable is €2.35 per day. In accordance with the Prison Rules, 2007, additional gratuity may be paid to prisoners engaged in authorised structured activity. In addition, the Irish Prison Service has operated a Prisoner's Hardship...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Persons granted Leave to Remain in the State under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) are required to apply to the Minister for the renewal of such permission before the period of permission expires. All applications for renewal of Leave to Remain have to be considered on their individual merits in order to ascertain whether the persons in question have complied with the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: In the interests of clarity, the Deputy might wish to note that there is no such thing as an 'application for leave to remain' but what has become known as 'an application for leave to remain' is the submission of written representations to the Minister against the making of a Deportation Order, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). In all such...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that persons granted permission to remain in the State under the IBC/05 Scheme were, subject to a renewal application having been received and approved, granted a further three year extension of their permission to remain, in 2007. Therefore, as such persons were granted permission to remain until 2010, the issue of renewal did not arise in 2009. Furthermore, I...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The revocation of a Deportation Order may be sought pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended. However, the Deputy should note that any such application would need to be supported by substantial and compelling new grounds in order to have a chance of being successful. The average waiting time for the processing of such applications is four to six...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Subsidiary Protection under the provisions of the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 is a form of international protection offered to those persons who do not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee but who nonetheless claim a risk of serious harm in their country of origin if repatriated there. Each application for Subsidiary Protection in the State is...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Regulation 4(2) of the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations - Statutory Instrument No. 518 of 2006 - relates to my discretion to accept and consider an application for Subsidiary Protection from persons who do not have an automatic entitlement to apply for Subsidiary Protection i.e. persons in respect of whom Deportation Orders were signed before the coming into force...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The average processing time for applications for readmittance to the asylum process under Section 17(7) of the Refugee Act 1996, is four weeks, from the date of receipt of all relevant information by the Ministerial Decisions Unit, of my Department. From January 2009 to December 2009, 102 applications were considered, of which 19 applicants where readmitted to the asylum process and 83...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Visa applications are processed as speedily as possible having regard to the numbers on hand and the resources available to process them. Although the INIS website advises applicants to allow six to eight weeks for visa applications to be processed, in fact most applications are processed much faster than that. In my Department's dedicated overseas visa offices, most applications are...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Applicants who call to the Public Office in person for re-entry visas are dealt with on a same day basis. Alternatively a postal application for a re-entry visa can be made and such applications are dealt with within four working days. In 2009, re-entry visa applications received numbered 57,413. Of these applications 2 were rejected.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that all applications for residence in the State on the basis of EU Treaty Rights by non-EEA family members of EU or EEA citizens are currently being processed within the six month statutory time frame set out in Directive 2004/38/EC as implemented in Ireland by Statutory Instrument 656/2006 as amended by Statutory Instrument...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: While marriage to an Irish national by a non EU national does not convey any automatic right to reside in the State, if a non EU national spouse of an Irish national was already legally resident in the State prior to the marriage, then he or she can make a request to the local Registration Officer for a change of their immigration status to reflect their marriage to that Irish national. If,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that applications for Business Permission are currently taking 5-6 weeks to process on receipt of fully completed applications. Applications are dealt with as quickly as possible having regard to the nature of the application and overall resources across the full range of services provided...

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that applications for Travel Documents are currently taking 5 - 6 weeks to process on receipt of fully completed applications. Applications are dealt with as quickly as possible having regard to the nature of the application and overall resources across the full range of services provided by...

Written Answers — Immigration Clearance Letters: Immigration Clearance Letters (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that applications for an Immigration Clearance Letter in respect of a Foreign Adoption are currently taking 5 working days to process on receipt of fully completed applications. At the end of December 2009 there were no applications on hand awaiting decision. The table outlines the figures...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that no applications for permission to remain in the State under the pre-2003 arrangements for the parents of Irish citizen children are currently outstanding in my Department. I should add that renewal of permission to remain in the State for such persons is granted by the Garda National Immigration Bureau and accordingly, there is no requirement for such...