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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 277 on 17 November, 2009. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 148 on 5 November 2009. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. The Deputy might wish to note that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, is evading deportation, and is therefore illegally present in the State. Should she come to the notice of the Gardaí, she would be liable...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 2 February 2006 on her own behalf, and on 30 March 2006 on behalf of her child. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned was informed, by letter dated 8 January 2009, that the Minister proposed to...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 25 June 2004. 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 15 September 2005. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned was informed, by letter dated 4 August 2006, that the Minister proposed to make Deportation Orders in respect of her. She was given three...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware, from previous Dáil replies in this matter, that the person concerned is awaiting deportation following a comprehensive examination of his asylum claim and of his application to remain temporarily in the State. The Deputy will also be aware that the person concerned evaded his deportation from 30 October 2003 until 21 May 2009 when he began presenting, as required,...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of Thursday, 30 April 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned is illegally present in the State and has no entitlement to work or reside here. She has made an application to return to her home country through the Voluntary Return programme run by the International Organisation for Migration and this application has been accepted by my Department.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made a Family Reunification Application in respect of his wife and children in January 2008. Following examination of the application, it has been necessary to make further enquiries regarding the documentation submitted. The application will be considered further when these...

Written Answers — Property Repossessions: Property Repossessions (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The position is that substantial reforms of the law governing the powers and rights of lending institutions in relation to taking possession and exercising the power of sale of mortgaged property are set out in Part 10 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 which entered into force on 1 December 2009.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: In the time available it has not been possible for the Garda authorities to supply the statistics requested by the Deputy regarding drivers breathalysed. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand. The Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS), which comes under the aegis of the Department of Transport, analyses blood, urine and breath specimens received under the Road...

Estimates for Public Services 2009: Motion. (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31 December, 2009:- Vote 41 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary Estimate).

Estimates for Public Services 2009: Referral to Select Committee. (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimate for the service of the year ending on 31 December, 2009, the Supplementary Estimated be referred to the Select Committee on Health and Children pursuant to Standing Order 154(3) and paragraph (1)(a)(ii) of the Committee's Orders of Reference, which shall report back to the Dáil, by no later than 8...

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I already spoke publicly of the anger and revulsion with which I read the commission's report. There is no doubt that these and other emotions are shared by all members of this House. However, anger and revulsion do not beget justice. In recent days we have seen an understandable drive for some gesture, word or act to express our collective disgust and feelings of collective failure that...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (1 Dec 2009)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The transfer of the sum referred to in the question is essentially an issue of accounting rather than funding. It concerns the Health Services Executive (HSE) and the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA), a functional unit of my Department's Immigration Division responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers through the policy of direct provision. Underlying the explanation below is...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department does not retain, in a readily-accessible format, the information requested by the Deputy. The Department has, for instance, a significant number of staff who have irregular work patterns which would make the calculation of averages difficult and potentially misleading. Furthermore, as well as the usual mix of administrative grades found across the Civil Service, my Department...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for long term residency was received in my Department from the person in question on 28 November 2007. Officials in that section inform me that processing of this application has commenced and a decision is expected in the coming months.

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has not entered into any arrangement for the purchase of electric vehicles in 2009 or 2010.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together. The wide-ranging review of gambling currently underway in my Department has the objective of providing Government with options for a new and comprehensive legal and organisational framework governing the gambling architecture in the State. The initial consultation phase of the review process is now almost completed and since 1 May last...