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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the first person in question was granted permission to remain in the State for a two year period in July of 2005, under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of Irish children born prior to 1 January 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 scheme. The second person concerned has permission to remain in line with that of her husband. This permission was...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid 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. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 26 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has made an application for the renewal of his temporary permission to remain in the State which expired on 2 March 2010. This application is under consideration at present and when a decision has been made, the person concerned will be notified in writing of the decision. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No.s 1005 and 1160 of 29 September, 2010. The position remains unchanged. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid 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 2009. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants.The average processing time from application to decision is now at 26 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 145 of Thursday, 7 October, 2010, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 30th August, 2005. Her asylum application was refused and, following the consideration of her case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), a Deportation Order was made in respect of her on 13 July, 2010. The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings in the High Court on 11 August, 2010, challenging the decision to make...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 18 December 2008. Her asylum application was investigated by the statutory independent refugee status determination bodies, namely the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, both of whom concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. Arising from the refusal of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection. When consideration of this application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified in writing of the outcome. In the event that the application for Subsidiary Protection is refused, the position in the State of the person concerned will then be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 26 October 2005, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 1024 of Wednesday, 29 September, 2010, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 19 August 2005, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The conditions are that the applicant must - be of full age be of good character have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the State...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 21 September 2010, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and his application for subsidiary protection, and a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The effect of the Deportation Order is that the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 347 of 18 November, 2008, No. 365 of 9 June 2009, No. 510 of 7 July 2009, No. 291 of 7 October 2009, No. 191 of 17 December 2009, No 597 of 20 April 2010, No. 139 of 27 May 2010, No 174 of 24 June and No. 988 of 29 September 2010. The status of the person concerned and the handling of their asylum application is as set out in the replies to...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. The person referred to in the Deputy's question is not currently residing in RIA accommodation. If this person wishes to avail of direct provision accommodation, he should apply in writing to RIA, PO Box 11487, Dublin 2,...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the second-named person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in April 2008 and I decided in my absolute discretion not to grant a certificate of naturalisation, based on all of the information available to me. The person concerned was informed of this decision in a letter...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The applicants in question were granted refugee status on the 29 July, 2002. The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. The conditions are that the applicant must - be of full age be of good character...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in October 2010. On examination of the application submitted, it was determined that the application be returned in its entirety to the person concerned for further attention on 18 October, 2010. In order to be fair to all applicants,...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (21 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was informed by letter dated 19th November 2008 that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her given that she had no legal basis to remain in the State. She was afforded three options in accordance with Section 3(3)(b)(ii) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), namely to leave the State voluntarily, to consent to the making of a Deportation...