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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 31 January 2007. 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for asylum was made on 13 January 2007 on behalf on the person concerned, an infant child born in the State in late 2006. 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 13 September 2006. 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 3 November 2005. 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned, accompanied by her infant child, applied for asylum on 31 December 2004. The child was included as part of her mother's asylum application. In accordance with Section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), the person concerned and her child were entitled to remain in the State until her application for asylum was decided. Her asylum application was refused following...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 19 January 2006. 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of Thursday, 26 February 2009, and the written Reply to that Question. The position in the State of the person concerned now falls to be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All representations...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for Family Reunification in July 2007. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency or permission to remain in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned, the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to his previous Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 3 November 2009. 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 December 2007. A decision in this case issued to the applicant on 15th September 2009 and a copy of the consideration detailing the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Nov 2009)

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 June 2007 and I decided in my absolute discretion to grant a certificate of naturalisation. The person concerned was informed of this decision in a letter issued on 5 May, 2009. This letter also requested the applicant to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my replies to his previous Parliamentary Questions in this matter. I wish to inform the Deputy that the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) did not seek further information and were not in contact with the person referred to. They sought further information from the Deputy's Office in April 2009 as they could not find any application for residence in the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) on 20 December 2007. This permission was subsequently renewed until 19 June 2009. The person concerned has applied to have this permission to remain further renewed. This application is under consideration at present. When a decision has been made on the...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Part 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which provides for civil proceedings in relation to anti-social behaviour by adults, was commenced on 1 January, 2007. Part 13 of the Act, which relates to anti-social behaviour by children, was commenced on 1 March, 2007. These provisions set out an incremental procedure for addressing anti-social behaviour by adults and children. With regard to...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 338 together. Garda District boundaries in the Dublin Metropolitan Region are not coterminous with Dublin postcodes and it is therefore not possible to provide the information exactly as the Deputy requests. However, I am informed by the Garda authorities that the personnel strength of each Garda Station and its corresponding post code is as shown in...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: On the 31st of October 2009 there were 167 operational members of the Garda Reserve based in the Dublin Metropolitan Region with a further 66 in training in that Region. This represents an increase of just over 33% in the total number of Garda Reserve and trainees from 31st October 2008. On that date there were 112 operational members of the Garda Reserve based in the Dublin Metropolitan...

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Bureau: Criminal Assets Bureau (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The issue of the monies seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau being used to fund community projects and drug services in disadvantaged urban communities is one which is raised on a periodical basis. This is primarily a matter for the Department of Finance and the view on this issue is that while it is accepted that there may be some potential symbolic value in the idea that the suggestion is...

Written Answers — Customs Seizures: Customs Seizures (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all agencies involved in Operation Samhna, which led to the seizure of an estimated 120 million cigarettes at Greenore, Co. Louth in October. This multi-agency cross border operation was led by officers of the Revenue Custom's Service and supported by An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau, the Irish Naval Service, and the Air...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person concerned made an application for residence in the State based on his marriage to a French national on 1 April 2009. The person referred to by the Deputy was informed of the decision to refuse this application on 18 September 2009. A request for review of this decision was received on 27 October 2009 from his legal...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (24 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The issues raised in the material supplied by the Deputy are largely comprehended by the terms of reference of the Data Protection Review Group. I understand that the Group is now considering the results of a consultation exercise which has just concluded. I have been informed that the Group is hoping to report towards the end of this year.