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Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Garda authorities that all divisional and district stations have been supplied with an audio frequency induction loop system which allows a person with impaired hearing and who is equipped with an appropriate hearing aid to communicate with Garda. In addition, the new public access call-box systems currently being installed at non-24 hour stations are equipped with a...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The "Dial to Stop Drug Dealing" initiative is being delivered under the aegis of the National Drugs Strategy Team which reports to my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Curran, at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. As I am sure the Deputy will appreciate, its rollout is, therefore, a matter which falls under the remit of that Department. In relation to the launch...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Dec 2008)

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. The CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The people in question, a husband and wife, made separate applications for asylum on 7 September 2004. Their infant child was included in her mother's application. Their applications were refused following separate consideration of their cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with section 3 of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: 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. The bodies make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status should be granted. A final decision on each application is made following...

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Prison Service has, in recent months, introduced a package of new security measures across all closed prisons. The purpose of these measures is to eliminate, in so far as is possible, the smuggling of contraband, such as drugs, weapons and mobile phones into our prisons. Not only do these measures enhance the security and safety of our prisons, but they reduce the possibility of...

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Government's commitment to tackling domestic violence is reflected in the establishment in June 2007 of Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. Cosc's key responsibility is to ensure the delivery of a well co-ordinated "whole of Government" response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Its major priority is to produce a...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency 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 details supplied made an application for asylum on 15 December 2005. This person and her two children were transferred from Beechlawn accommodation centre, Rathdrum, County Wicklow to the...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: All attacks on members of the emergency service are reprehensible and a matter of concern to all right thinking members of society. The law makes specific and robust provision for attacks on members of the emergency services. The Criminal Justice Act 2006 strengthened the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to make it an offence to assault, or to threaten to assault, or to impede...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the question was received in the citizenship section of my Department in March 2008. Officials in that section inform me that processing of the application has commenced and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in due course. I understand that the person concerned is a refugee. In accordance with...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. The mother referred to in the details supplied made an application for asylum on 21 January 2008. The father made an application for asylum on 31 March 2008. An application was made on behalf of the child on 9 May 2008. The...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Reception and Integration Agency 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 details supplied, along with her child, has been accommodated by the agency in direct provision accommodation since she applied for asylum on 13 March 2007. This person has accepted a transfer of...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that, while local Garda management had not been aware of difficulties of the kind outlined by the Deputy being experienced in the vicinity and no prosecutions have been commenced to date in 2008 for parking related offences by this business, the issue of parking has been discussed with the management of the business referred to. Local Garda management...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the reply to his Question No. 366 of Tuesday, 25 November 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that reply. The person concerned has continued to meet his presentation requirements with the Garda National Immigration Bureau. He is due to present again on Thursday, 4 December 2008. The enforcement of the deportation order remains an...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Dec 2008)

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 — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: My Department, through the Probation Service, provides funding to over 50 voluntary bodies to assist with the management of adult offenders in the community and to add value to the core work of the Probation Service. The PACE organisation is one such facility, which provides training and accommodation services for ex-offenders. In 2008, my Department through the Probation Service provided...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. In the case of an applicant who is the spouse of an Irish citizen, those conditions are that the applicant must be of full age;...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Section 12 of the Immigration Act 2004 allows members of the Garda Síochána to require a non-national to produce on demand a valid passport or other equivalent document, issued by or on behalf of an authority recognised by the Government, which establishes his or her identity and nationality. Members of the Garda are, of course, aware that Irish citizens are not required to carry proof of...

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: On 27 November 2008, the Justice and Home Affairs Council adopted the conclusions of the second Euro-Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Development, which was held in Paris on 25 November last. The joint declaration of African and European ministers at the conference included a multi-annual co-operation programme for the period 2009 to 2011. The programme will focus on practical...

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (2 Dec 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting of 27 and 28 November last discussed the topic of "free movement of persons: abuses and substantive problems". The discussions, which follow a debate at the September 2008 Council meeting on the action to be taken following the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the Metock case, focused primarily on this occasion on the potential for...