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Written Answers — Gaming Industry: Gaming Industry (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 to 421, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that I already informed the House, in reply to Question No. 2 of Thursday 17 April, 2008, that the Casino Regulation Committee's report, entitled Regulating Gaming in Ireland, was now ready for publication and that it was my intention to publish it as soon as the arrangements envisaged for advancing the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position is that the Law Reform Commission has included a project on modernisation of the law relating to adverse possession of land in its Third Programme of Law Reform, which was launched in December 2007. Existing law in this important area will be reviewed following completion of the Commission's project.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: There are currently 10 attested Garda Reserve members attached to Limerick Garda Division. At present all the Reserve members in the Limerick Division are attached to Henry Street Garda station. Recruitment for the Garda Reserve is ongoing and I would welcome the prospect of further assignments of Garda Reserve members to the Limerick Division as additional Reserve members from the area...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of Thursday 3 April 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 27 September 2002 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to was granted Stamp 1 conditions for four months on the 20th March 2008, in order to obtain a work permit from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The Immigration Division of my Department has been advised that this individual's last work permit expired on the 20th October 2006 and that...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 June 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in August 2005 and have approximately 12,300 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally dealt...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were issued with Stamp 1 conditions for four months on the 1st April 2008. Written correspondence was forwarded to both of the persons at their last known address. One of the letters was returned undelivered to the Department on the 24th April 2008. The persons referred to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 June 2004. Officials in that section inform me that processing of the application is nearing completion and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in the near future. I will inform the Deputy and the person concerned when...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: An application to revoke the deportation order for the person in question has been considered by my Department. In light of all the circumstances in this case a recommendation was made to me not to revoke the deportation order. Having reviewed the matter I concurred with this recommendation and have affirmed the deportation order.

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The challenge of building a safer, fairer Ireland, and in particular the continuing fight against crime, is of course a top priority for this Government. The Deputy will I am sure appreciate that there is no single action or piece of legislation that can on its own address this multifaceted issue in its entirety. For this reason I would draw the Deputy's attention to my Department's Annual...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 January 2008. The application has not been examined in detail. Examination of the residency will take place in the near future. The applicant will be informed at that time when the application will be further examined or of any...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned arrived in the State on 6 June 2000 and applied for asylum. His asylum application was refused following the consideration of his 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, by letter...

Written Answers — Ministerial Request: Ministerial Request (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have requested the information sought from the Garda authorities, insofar as it would be appropriate to make it available. I will be in contact with the Deputy as soon as possible about the matter.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my reply to his question (ref: 13632/08) on 10 April, 2008 on this issue. The information sought by the Deputy is not separately compiled. This information could only be compiled in the short time available to the RIA between the tabling of these Questions and the due date for answer by the re-allocation of additional scarce staff resources from other important work,...

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to my reply to his identical question of 10 April 2008 (13633/08). The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is charged with responsibility for the provision of accommodation for asylum-seekers while their asylum applications are being processed. The position remains that, in the last five years, no premises have been purchased on behalf of the RIA for...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer to my reply of Parliamentary Question No. 474 of the 11th of March 2008. Long term residency is an administrative scheme that was introduced in May 2004 and is focused on persons who have been legally resident in the State for over five years on the basis of work permit / work authorisation / work visa conditions. Such persons may apply to the Immigration Division of my Department...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Deputy will be aware that County Laois features prominently in my Department's decentralisation programme. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner moved to Portarlington in 2006 involving the transfer of twenty three civil servants and this number will be supplemented by a further forty two posts, when the Equality Tribunal relocates to the town in 2010. In advance of that, the...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have set out information relevant to the Deputy's query, insofar as my term of office to date is concerned, in the table. In light of the limited time available for reply and the nature of the request, it would not be feasible to compile information prior to this time without the application of a disproportionate amount of staff time. Date Location of Meeting Reason 5th October 2007...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: 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 — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (29 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441, 443, 446, 448 and 449 together. 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 RIA's portfolio of accommodation comprises 63 centres across 22 counties with over 6,850 residents at present. Every asylum seeker accommodated by...