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Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (10 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: My Department, like all other Departments in the discharge of its remit, is required from time to time to engage in public information campaigns. Public policy areas which have been subject to campaigns of this nature include trafficking in human beings, domestic violence and anti-racism, to name just a few. The precise expenditure on these items in my Department for 2008 is not readily...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The position is that the Government Alcohol Advisory Group considered the possibility of increasing the age for purchasing alcohol, at least for certain categories of alcohol, beyond the current threshold of 18 years. However the Advisory Group decided not to make such a recommendation because 18 is the age of majority and the point in time at which young people acquire many rights and take...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question Number 152 of 19 February last. The position remains the same.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 109 together. The legislation to address the Law Reform Commission's recommendations on multi-unit developments is in the course of being drafted by Parliamentary Counsel as a matter of priority. The principal focus of the new Bill will be on ensuring good governance of property management companies and similar bodies which comprise the owners of...

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. The CSO took over responsibility for the compilation and publications of these statistics in the third quarter of 2006. I understand from the CSO that key...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 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 March 2006. Officials in that Section inform me that the application is currently being processed and the file will be submitted to me for a decision in due course. The average processing time from application to decision is now...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 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 2008. Applications for certificates of naturalisation are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. Certain categories of applicant receive a faster decision as their cases are...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the position remains the same as outlined in my reply of 28th January last. I regret that it is not feasible to easily identify the exact costs of all the various reports emanating from my Department and its many agencies. To begin that process would necessitate the reallocation of considerable time and resources which could not be justified in the circumstances....

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that the Forensic Science Laboratory has reported that 298 drugs cases have been received from stations within the DMR North Division during the period 1st January to 2nd of March 2009. A search of each individual case for seizure date, location and quantity is not possible, without a disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources, to provide...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: St. Patrick's Institution is a closed, medium security place of detention for males aged 16 to 21 years of age, serving sentences up to life. It contains a special unit for 16 and 17 year olds, however in the longer term the Irish Youth justice Service will take responsibility for the detention facilities for all boys under 18 years of age. I am informed by the Irish Prison Service that the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It is not possible to provide figures for the annual budget of St. Patrick's Institution as the Irish Prison Service does not allocate specific annual budgets for the operation of each institution. The below provides information relating to the annual average prisoner population and the annual cost per prisoner for each of the years in question. The figure for 2008 is not yet available as...

Written Answers — Prison Services: Prison Services (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: St Patrick's Institution offers a diverse range of general and specialist services provided both by the Irish Prison Service and by in-reach statutory and non-statutory services. Chief among these are healthcare, psychiatric, psychological, educational, vocational, counselling, welfare and spiritual services to meet the specific needs of prisoners. As the Deputy will appreciate these...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 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 October 2008. 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 — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum in the State on 10 January 2008. 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 22 September 2008,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that leave to remain in the State in the case of the persons referred to by the Deputy has been refused. This decision was made following a full and thorough review of this case, having taken into account all the facts known to my Department.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 24 November 2006. 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 11 September 2007, that the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Based on the information provided by the Deputy, my department has no record of the persons referred to. 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 satisfy the Visa...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 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.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that the permission to remain in the State (under Stamp 4 conditions) granted to the person concerned is currently valid until 12 June 2009.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (5 Mar 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State under the arrangements then in place in February 2002 for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. I am further informed that the permission granted to the person in question is currently valid until 6 April 2009.