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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the provision and deployment of Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of official Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational circumstances. The Deputy will appreciate that a degree of flexibility in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the deployment of both Garda personnel and Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of official Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational circumstances....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Decisions in relation to the deployment of both Garda personnel and Garda transport are matters for the Garda Commissioner in the context of his identified operational requirements. Responsibility for the efficient deployment of official Garda vehicles in each Division is assigned to the Divisional Officer, who may allocate vehicles between stations, as required by operational...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matters raised by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy again when the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I have requested the specific information sought by the Deputy from the Garda Commissioner and I will write to the Deputy directly when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service. The Act provides that the Service is independent in the performance of its functions, including the maintenance and provision of courthouse facilities. In order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and have been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Matters (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am informed that no request for assistance has been received to date. As the Deputy will appreciate I have no function in relation to the investigation of complaints made outside the jurisdiction. I am assured that any request for assistance that may be received will be considered in accordance with the relevant legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular form below: Name Status Court Role Board Her Hon. Judge Doirbhile Flanagan SC Serving judge Circuit Court Chairperson Censorship of Publications Board The Hon. Mr. Francis D. Murphy, S.C. Retired judge Supreme Court Chairperson Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland The Hon. Mr. Justice Declan...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 3 December 2007. Her permission was subsequently renewed and she is currently registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau up to 18 August 2013. With regard to the Deputy's query concerning the entitlement to Irish citizenship of the daughter of the person concerned, I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 25 February, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 16 September, 2009, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned has been granted leave to remain in the State for the three year period ending 10 January, 2014. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 6 January, 2011. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to the Citizenship Section of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when he is in a position to meet the lawful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 2001, under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission was renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 29 August, 2015. An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in June, 2012. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in June, 2012. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and lawful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 229 of Thursday, 20th December, 2012 - copied beneath - in relation to this matter. The position is unchanged since then. Additionally, the Deputy will appreciate that as the persons concerned have no current right of residency in the State, they would not be in a position to meet the lawful residency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: There are currently no applications pending in my Department for residency or naturalisation in respect of the persons whose details were supplied. If applications for asylum have been made by the persons concerned, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on applications which have not completed this process. All applications for refugee status are determined by an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned was granted leave to remain in the State, on Stamp 4 conditions, for the two year period ending 17th May, 2013. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 18th May, 2011. The person concerned is required to apply in writing for the renewal of this permission one month in advance of its expiry date. As a result, any such renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that Family Reunification procedures apply only in the case of persons who have been granted refugee status. The family to whom he refers are not in this category. It is, however, open to all persons resident outside the state who are visa required and who wish to travel to Ireland to apply to their nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate for the appropriate visa. A...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) has no record of an application for permission to remain in the State in respect of the person concerned. I should add that INIS has no record of any visa application to enter the State in respect of the person concerned. Accordingly, as the person concerned is illegally in the State, INIS will be in contact with him, through his...