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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The compilation of statistics relating to the number of decisions taken to grant or refuse an application for naturalisation for each month for each of the past three years would require a disproportionate and inordinate amount of staff time and effort to prepare and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that my Department has taken a strong lead in the provision of education and training programmes to our staff and I am satisfied that officials at all levels are being provided with the opportunity to develop as individuals, and to contribute to the advancement of the goals of my Department in the areas of Justice and Equality. A total of €828,000 was spent...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The applications referred to by the Deputy were refused originally by the Visa Officer on 6 November, 2007 and the subsequent appeals were refused by the Appeals Officer on 4 February, 2008. Letters were posted to both applicants on that date informing them of the decisions. The appeals were refused because the Appeals Officer was not satisfied with the quality of the documentation supplied...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that there is no record of an application under the Family Reunification scheme for the person in question.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 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 — Garda Remuneration: Garda Remuneration (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Any comparison with transfers generally in the Public Service must take into account the fact that the duties of An Garda Síochána are unique and wide ranging. This is evident in the requirement for Garda recruits to undergo a two year intensive training programme. These unique duties and training requirements militate against the introduction of a similar incremental credit scheme as is...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The person concerned, accompanied by his two children, arrived in the State on 4 April 2006 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...

Written Answers — Garda Youth Diversion Project: Garda Youth Diversion Project (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I can confirm that this Garda Youth Diversion Project (details supplied) was established in October of 2007. A project coordinator was recruited in February of this year and premises have been acquired for this project in the Gortboy area. Referrals to the project are currently being sought and assessed.

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The position is that statutory standards for the protection of personal data are set out in the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003. These Acts contain safeguards against unauthorised processing of such data, including disclosure by transmitting, disseminating or otherwise making it available. Moreover, stringent conditions apply where personal data are retained or used for the purpose of...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The information sought by the Deputy is available on the Oireachtas website, which provides chronological and other relevant information for the years in question in respect of each stage of the passage of all Bills through the Dáil and Seanad.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The Immigration Division of my Department has informed me that no application for residency or permission to remain in the State has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 128 of Thursday, 8 February 2007 and No. 213 of Thursday, 29 June 2006 and the written Replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 28 November 2001 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question is the subject of an application for Family Reunification made in January 2007. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the GNIB registration card of the person in question is not due to expire until 15th September 2008.

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together. As the Deputy is aware, I recently approved the 2008 Garda Annual Policing Plan and laid it before the Houses of the Oireachtas. It sets out the Commissioner's proposals to realign the boundaries of Garda Divisions around the country to make them coterminous with local authority boundaries. Included in this is a plan to establish a new...

Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: As at 31st March 2008, there were 264 attested Reserve Gardaí who were operational. They are assigned by county as follows: County No. Dublin 123 Cork 30 Galway 16 Limerick 10 Waterford 10 Louth 8 Mayo 8 Tipperary 7 Clare 6 Sligo 6 Kilkenny 5 Westmeath 5 Carlow 4 Donegal 4 Wexford 4 Kildare 3 Wicklow 3 Cavan 2 Kerry 2 Meath 2 Offaly 2 Laois 1 Longford 1 Monaghan 1...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (22 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 2007. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in August 2005 and have approximately 9,300 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am pleased to let the Deputy know that earlier this year the Government accepted my proposal that it should take over the Spent Convictions Bill 2007, introduced into the Dáil in October 2007 as a Private Members' Bill by Deputy Barry Andrews, and adopt it as a Government Bill. It is my intention to bring the necessary motion to the House at the appropriate time to give effect to the...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: It is the nature of public order offences that in the majority of cases they are recorded and detected only because of the vigilance of Gardaí. The increase in the number of public disorder and anti-social behaviour type offences recorded is predominantly due to more pro-active policing and the Commissioner's enforcement policy in respect of such offences. In the DMR West Division it is...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (22 Apr 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Expenditure by my Department on the dissemination of information on the provision of public services and awareness raising in such areas as anti-racism, victim support, domestic violence and public safety in 2007 was €1.281m. The equivalent figures for similar campaigns in 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were €1.747m, €0.327m, €0.114m and €0.524m respectively. These figures do not...