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Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 31 March 2006 on her own behalf and on behalf of her two children. 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 16 June 2007, that the Minister proposed to make Deportation...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 16 June 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 11 April 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department in the case of the persons whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the persons concerned, the Deputy should note that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 22 December 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...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 23 April 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The table sets out the number of posts in my Department that were vacant on 1 October 2009 and had previously been filled by officers at the grade indicated. Grade Number of vacancieson 1 October 2009 Assistant Secretary and equivalent 4 Principal Officer, Counsellor and equivalent 6 Professional Grades 2 Assistant Principal, First Secretary and equivalent 11 Higher Executive Officer,...

Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to be in the House today to present the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2009. The primary purpose of the Bill is to transpose Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and Council into law. The directive requires service providers to retain data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (7 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and all bodies under its aegis are participating in the cycle to work scheme which is available to all employees, regardless of location. It is unlikely that decentralisation will have any significant impact on the implementation of the scheme.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (7 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within the Clontarf Garda sub-district. I am further advised that local Garda management is aware of the difficulties that anti-social activity behaviour is causing in this area. The area referred to is patrolled by uniform and plain-clothes units, including the local community policing and garda mountain bike units, which...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Oct 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 February 2006. I decided not to grant a certificate of naturalisation and the reason for refusal was disclosed to the applicant in a letter dated 2 July 2009. It is open to the person in question to lodge a new application...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Oct 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 October 2006. I decided to grant a certificate of naturalisation and the person in question was informed of this in a letter issued to him on 29 July 2009. The name that appears on a certificate of naturalisation, except in...

Written Answers — Drug Offences: Drug Offences (7 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: In relation to the first part of the Deputy's question, the Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him. I refer to...

Written Answers — Temporary Release of Prisoners: Temporary Release of Prisoners (7 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 281 together. It is not possible to provide figures regarding temporary release to the Deputy in the format requested as this would require the manual examination of records going back over a considerable time period. Such an examination would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort and could not be justified in...

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (7 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 283 together. The Psychology service has an authorised staff complement of 21, comprising one head of psychology, six senior psychologists, 11 psychologists and three psychology assistants. Of this staff, five are assigned to Arbour Hill, five are assigned to Wheatfield Prison and three to the Midlands Prison. Arbour Hill is the designated centre for...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (6 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Immigration Division of my Department that the application for residence in the State based on their marriage to an EU national made by the person in question is currently the subject of High Court proceedings and is therefore sub judice.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (6 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics in relation to prosecutions under section 49 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 sought by the Deputy directly to...

Written Answers — Commercial Leases: Commercial Leases (6 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 629 and 633 together. When Section 132 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 was brought forward in July, I made it clear that an appropriate period of time would be needed to allow the market to factor in the very significant changes which were being introduced. That remains the position. While I have taken no final decision on a commencement...

Written Answers — Prevention of Corruption: Prevention of Corruption (6 Oct 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Transparency International is a non-governmental organisation that publishes a report each year giving an overview of corruption around the globe. This report also contains the Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) which charts levels of corruption in countries worldwide. The CPI has a rating scale of between 10 and 0, with a score close to 10 indicating an extremely low level of corruption,...