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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that on 3 March 2009 EU Treaty Rights section wrote to the legal representative for the person in question requesting further documentation in relation to their client's application for residence in the State. A form EU 1. was enclosed. To date EU Treaty Rights section has not received a reply from the person in question or his...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 179 of Thursday 12 March 2009, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that an application by the person in question for residence in the State based on EU Treaty Rights was received on 2 March 2009. While this application is pending the person in question should report to their local Immigration Registration Officer who may provide a Stamp 4 permission in their passport. This permission will be valid...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 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/Permission to Remain application in respect of her husband in April 2007. This application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation is...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The first person concerned arrived in the State on 11 June 2002 and applied for asylum on 28 June 2002. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999, as amended, the person concerned was informed,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 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 (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 9 November 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 12 May 2006, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: There are currently no applications pending in my Department for residency or family reunification in the cases of the persons whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the persons concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Apr 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 June 2007. Applications for naturalisation are generally dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. Additional resources were allocated to the Citizenship Division to enable certain...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 1016 of Wednesday, 24 September, 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 18 December 2001. 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Questions, i.e., No. 1027 of 26th September 2007, No. 208 of 21st February 2008, No. 188 of 28th February 2008 and No.144 of 13th November 2008. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for family reunification in January 2006. The application was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that they have been in touch with the person mentioned by the Deputy. On receipt of the documentation requested, the application will be further processed.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department has no record of having received an application for residency from the persons to whom the Deputy refers. The persons in question are advised to write to my Department at 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, setting out the basis on which they wish to be considered for permission to remain in the State. Any such correspondence, when received, will be considered by the relevant...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Apr 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 June 2007. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 23 months. The Citizenship Division is currently commencing further processing of applications received in mid 2007. More complicated cases can at...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: In the absence of more specific information my Department is not in a position to address the matter raised by the Deputy. It is, however, open to all persons resident outside the State, and who are visa required to apply to their nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate for the appropriate visa. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits the onus resting with the applicant to...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: This applicant arrived in the State 2 March 2003 and applied for asylum. She gave birth to a son on 17 March 2003. The applicant failed to present for her hearing, her application was refused and a Deportation Order was signed in respect of her on 6 December 2005. On 5 September 2006 the applicant informed the Department that she had left the State and returned to Nigeria in 2004 and had...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1029 of 26 September 2007, wherein the position with regard to the person's refusal under the IBC/05 Scheme was set out. Subsequently the person in question was invited, under section 3 of the Immigration Act,1999, to submit updated representations setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made in respect of...

Written Answers — Prison Facilities: Prison Facilities (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The financial records of the Irish Prison Service show the following breakdown of expenditure on balls in 2008: Prison Expenditure in 2008 â'¬ Dublin Prisons 18,878 Portlaoise 1,151 Midlands 1,847 Cork 9,235 Limerick 6,893 Shelton Abbey 149 Castlerea 1,171 All 2008 expenditure figures are provisional at this stage, pending finalisation of the Appropriation Account. The figures...

Written Answers — Immigration Procedures: Immigration Procedures (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by Immigration Services that the eligibility criteria has effectively remained unchanged for the past five years and that the criteria is currently available on the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) website under Business Permission: — www.inis.gov.ie — . The following table outlines the number of business permission applications received by INIS and the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The average processing time from application to decision for the generality of valid applications for certificates of naturalisation is now at 23 months. It is expected that this will progressively improve over the coming year to an average timeframe of 18 months, which I regard as a reasonable target. The Citizenship Division is currently commencing further processing of applications...