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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 234 of Thursday 18 December 2008, 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 (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 240 on Thursday 24 April 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that reply. The person concerned has continued to meet her presentation requirements with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). She is due to present again on Thursday 29 January 2009. The enforcement of the Deportation...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 955 of 24 September 2008, concerning the procedures in place in applying for permission to remain on the basis of being a dependant family member of a person granted permission to remain as the parent of an Irish citizen child. As stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 2 December 2008, an application in this...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on a C-Visit Visa. A C-Visit Visa is granted for visits of 90 days or less and it is the general policy not to extend permission to remain to persons who are admitted on a C-Visit Visa, save in very exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. A wrap-around information...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was granted Leave to Remain in the State until 19 December 2010. He was notified of this decision by letter dated 19 December 2007. His current period of registration expires on 8 April 2009. My Department has no knowledge of the allegation referred to in the Deputy's Question. The Deputy might wish to note that the reference number included in his Question does not...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the first named person was granted permission to remain in the State in July of 2002 on the basis of being the family dependant of a person granted permission to remain as the parent of an Irish citizen child. The permission granted expired on 8 January 2009. The person concerned is advised to contact the Garda National Immigration Bureau with a view to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 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. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question has not made an application for Long Term Residency.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 10 August 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 31 August 2006, that the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Jan 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 November 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...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Jan 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 2008. On examination of the application it was determined that the person in question did not meet the residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended. The applicant was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 19 December 2003. 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, in accordance with the provisions...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation on behalf of the person referred to in the Deputy's question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in January 2008 and I decided to refuse the application. The reason for refusal was disclosed to the parent of the person concerned in a letter issued on 30 October, 2008. It is open to the person in question to lodge a new...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answers to his previous Parliamentary Questions. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a Family Reunification application was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May 2002 and that a decision was issued in January 2005. A review of that decision was carried out in 2005 and following the review the person in question was...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous reply to his Parliamentary Question 162 of 14 October 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 April 2006. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (28 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Garda authorities that the station party at the Garda Station at Blarney have been working out of Gurranabraher Garda Station since October last. I am also advised that the Office of Public Works has arranged a pre-planning consultation with Cork Co. Council this week to address planning concerns raised in relation to a proposed location for a temporary Garda facility at...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (28 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised that Ballincollig Garda Station is on the Garda Building Programme. The Office of Public Works has advised that under the Capital Works Management Framework all public sector construction projects are now required to be carried out under a new form of contract. It is therefore necessary to commence a re-tendering process for the construction project utilising the new form of...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (28 Jan 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I published a comprehensive Discussion Document on the management of convicted sex offenders yesterday which, inter alia, puts forward the possibility of using GPS electronic monitoring technology to monitor higher risk convicted sex offenders for the critical 6 month period when they have completed their sentences and have been released back into the community. Simultaneously I announced...