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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answers to PQ No.134 of 2 April 2009 and PQ No. 402 of 22 April 2009. I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State on 2 December 2008. This permission was communicated to the person referred to in writing and a copy of the letter was...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Fourteen members of staff in my Department were dismissed from 2004 to date in 2009.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency of my Department, which has responsibility for housing asylum seekers while their claims for asylum status are assessed, is contracted to use Mount Trenchard near Foynes, formerly a boarding school, as a centre for housing asylum seekers. The contract extends to late next year. It is difficult to predict whether the premises concerned will continue to be...

Written Answers — Discrimination in the Workplace: Discrimination in the Workplace (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Under Irish law, discrimination is prohibited on nine grounds, including that of age, in the field of employment by the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2008 and in the access to and supply of goods and services by the Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2008. In our programme for Government, we have committed to guard against age-related discrimination in the workplace. A number of initiatives are...

Written Answers — Joint Policing Committees: Joint Policing Committees (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Joint Policing Committees are provided for in the Garda Síochána Act 2005. Their purpose is to provide a forum where the Garda Síochána and the local authority - the two organisations which make the most significant contribution to preventing and tackling crime in a specific area - can come together, with the participation of members of the Oireachtas and community and voluntary...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that in respect of queries concerning the provision of legal services to any person, the solicitor/client relationship is protected by privilege in accordance with the terms of section 32 of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995. The Legal Aid Board cannot provide information to third parties about a person who may or may not be a client of the board. All applicants or...

Written Answers — Community Policing: Community Policing (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the location referred to is in the Coolock Garda District. Local Garda management is aware of difficulties being experienced by residents in the area as a result of anti-social behaviour. Two members of the local community policing unit are allocated to the area. The members of the unit regularly meet local residents. The area is subject, under...

Written Answers — Equality Authority: Equality Authority (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The position remains as indicated in my replies to Question No. 118 of 22 April 2009 and Question No. 131 of 25 March 2009. The value for money review of the Equality Authority has not yet concluded. It is expected to be finalised in the near future and a decision on publication of the report will be taken in due course.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: In the light of the ongoing economic difficulties, I will keep the position of Round 3 of the Enhancing Disability Services programme under review as the year progresses.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The emphasis of Garda Síochána speed enforcement is on the use of mobile speed cameras. Their capacity in this area has been substantially enhanced recently. In September 2008, the Garda Commissioner and I launched eight new Garda mobile speed detection vehicles. These state-of-the-art vehicles represent a substantial upgrading of the resources available to the Garda to address the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Work on the general schemes of a Legal Costs Bill and a Family Law Bill is ongoing in my Department.

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

Dermot Ahern: The people concerned, a husband, wife and two children, arrived in the State on 20 January 2005. The husband and wife made separate applications for asylum on 24 January 2005 while the two children were included in their mother's asylum application. The asylum applications were refused following the separate consideration of their cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 20 May 2004. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 24 April 2008, that the Minister...

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

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the reply given to his Question No. 89 of Thursday, 9 April 2009. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.

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

Dermot Ahern: The person in question has been advised in writing by my Department to submit visa applications on behalf of their children for consideration to the appropriate Irish Embassy or Consulate. As the Irish Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa processes visa applications for the Democratic Republic of Congo, the visa applications must be made on-line and the relevant documentation submitted there....

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

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question was granted refugee status and made a family reunification application in respect of his wife in September 2008. This application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation is completed and the...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted leave to remain in the State for a three-year period to 17 September 2010. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 17 September 2007. The Deputy's question refers to two separate asylum application reference numbers. The Deputy should note that only the second reference number mentioned refers to the person concerned. My...

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

Dermot Ahern: There is no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the people whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by any of the people concerned, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending.

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

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that no application for residence has been received to date from the person referred to by the Deputy. However, the person's legal representative indicated in correspondence that his client intended to apply for residence in the State on the basis of his marriage to a French national. A form EU1 was issued to the person in...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (6 May 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An 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 July 2006. Officials in that section inform me that the application is at an advanced stage of processing and that the file will be submitted to me for a decision in due course. The average processing time from application to...