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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights Issues (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 358 together. The Deputy is referring the OPCAT or Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment. Ireland is a signatory to the protocol and will ratify it, once the necessary legislation is in place to provide for National Preventative Mechanisms (NPMs) to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 4 May 2010 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the personconcerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is a standard application process worldwide for applications of this nature, the guidelines for which are available on both the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service website () and the website of the Irish Embassy in Moscow (). If there is a specific case for which the Deputy would like...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimhireacha 361 agus 362 le chéile. Tá thart ar 1900 ball foirne ar fostú i mo Roinnse. Tá post amháin ag an Roinn faoi láthair, post Aistritheora, a bhfuil sé riachtanach go mbeadh an sealbhóir dátheangach go feidhmiúil sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla. Is é príomhról an Aistritheora Rialacha...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application by the person concerned for retention of a right of residence in this state, which falls to be considered under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, was received on 22 October, 2015 . I am informed that INIS requested further information concerning the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has not submitted written representations. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insolvency Service of Ireland Remit (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I assume that the Deputy's question relates to section 21 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015, which inserts a new section 115A into the Personal Insolvency Act 2012. This provision introduces a new ‘court review’, where creditors such as a mortgage lender refuse an insolvent borrower’s proposal for a Personal Insolvency Arrangement to resolve debts which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: The person concerned lodged an application for asylum at the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner on 19th November 2014. Following investigation by that office, it was established that the person concerned had been in possession of a valid visa issued by the United Kingdom authorities at the time of their asylum application in this State. Arising from their previous visa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 30 January 2006 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the personconcerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing. The person concerned will be invited to attend the next citizenship ceremony on 26 April 2016, at which he will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive his certificate of naturalisation. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS ) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy arrived in the State on 15/09/1999 and that their most recent permission to remain in the State, on the basis of marriage to an Irish National, expired on 23/04/2015. As this permission was not renewed, it would therefore seem that this person has remained in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was issued with a formal declaration of refugee status by letter dated 20th March 2002. At that time, the person concerned was advised of the rights and entitlements accompanying refugee status in the State. The person concerned continues to hold the status of refugee in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned currently has permission to reside in the State until 26 November 2016. The individual has made an application for naturalisation, the processing of which is ongoing, and the case will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. As the Deputy will appreciate,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned currently holds an immigration permission which expires on 24 July 2016. The person concerned is advised to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau for a further renewal period, two weeks in advance of this date. I am further informed by the INIS of my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 2 July 2012 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the personconcerned pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a decision letter issued to the person mentioned on 16 February 2016 setting out their position in the State. This person was also informed of their options in January 2013 and in February 2015.As this person was in the State as a student their residency permission is not reckonable for the purposes...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I can inform the Deputy that the person concerned has made an application for naturalisation, which has entered the final stage of processing. The person will be invited to attend the next citizenship ceremony on 26 April 2016, at which she will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive her certificate of naturalisation. Queries in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (6 Apr 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has made an application for renewal of permission to remain in the State, based on parentage of an Irish citizen child; this application is under consideration at present. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of...