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

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the person in question arrived in the State on 2 October, 1998 and applied for asylum. The person was refused a declaration as a refugee and is not entitled to be issued with an Irish travel document. The person was granted humanitarian leave to remain in the State on 20 July, 2001 until 25 July, 2002. His leave to remain...

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

Dermot Ahern: The Casual Trading Act 1995 makes provision for casual trading, which it defines as including the selling of goods at a place (including a public road) to which the public have access as a right. The legislation is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Other legislation relevant to the selling of newspapers at junctions includes the Road...

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

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the Citizenship Division of my Department 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. It is open to the person concerned to lodge an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation with the Citizenship Section of my Department at any time. The person referred to by the Deputy last...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 4 March 2005. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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 16 January 2009, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum in the State on 1 September 2005. Following investigation by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, it was established that the person concerned had previously made an asylum application in the United Kingdom and, as such, a determination was made that the person concerned should be transferred to the United Kingdom for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the position remains the same as set out in my Reply to Parliamentary Question Number 121 of 1st April last.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: On 7 July 2008, the European Commission published a proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in the supply of and access to goods and services, social benefits including social security and healthcare, social advantages and education. The text of the legislative...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have already indicated in response to Question No 144 of 12 February 2009 that the first Strand of the Equality for Women Measure (Access to Employment) was launched in Summer 2008 and it attracted a high level of interest, with over 150 applications being received, that all the project proposals had been appraised, but that the extremely difficult Exchequer position made it difficult to...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to compile the information requested in the time available. A response is being prepared and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that it has not been possible to compile the information requested in the time available. A response is being prepared and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: A reply issued from my office to the person concerned, in relation to the correspondence referred to, on 29 April, 2009.

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the intake and attestations of students in the Garda College, in each quarter of 2008 and to date in 2009 and the projected numbers for the remainder of 2009 and 2010, are as set out in the following table. Student Gardai are attested as members of an Garda Síochána after successful completion of Phase 3 of their training which is normally 58...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Commissioner, with his senior managers and Divisional Officers, arranges for the allocation of Garda personnel throughout the State. Garda Management are aided in this by a distribution model known as the Garda Establishment Redistribution Model (G.E.R.M.). The Commissioner advises me that the GERM model indicates the most effective means to distribute Garda personnel and acts as a...

Written Answers — Drug Addiction: Drug Addiction (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy that the data in the table below has been supplied by the Department of Health and Children and sets out the number of individuals in the Cork area who are registered with the Health Service Executive (HSE) to receive methadone therapy. For personal data protection reasons the identities of these individuals cannot be released. Accordingly, the Irish Prison Service...

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that my Department has received a proposal from the Probation Service relating to Harristown House. That proposal is currently being examined by my officials. It is too early to say whether this facility will reopen and in that event how many people might be employed there.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 836 and 948 of Wednesday, 24 September 2008, and the written Reply to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 6 October 2003 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal....

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted temporary Leave to Remain in the State for a six month period to 24 August 2009. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 24 February 2009.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 20 May 2005. 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 28 February 2006, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency 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 on asylum applications that are pending.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that no application for residence in the State has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy.