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

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is aware the processing of asylum applications is done within the framework of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) under which every asylum applicant is guaranteed an investigation and determination of his or her claim at first instance by the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC). There are a variety of reasons resulting in the need to cancel the scheduled interviews...

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

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy is aware the processing of asylum applications is done within the framework of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) under which every asylum applicant is guaranteed an investigation and determination of his or her claim at first instance by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC). The length of time taken to schedule applicants for interview differs depending...

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

Dermot Ahern: Section 8(5)(a) of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) provides that, where it appears to an immigration officer or an authorised officer that a child under the age of 18 years who has arrived in the State and is not in the custody of any person, that child must, as soon as is practicable be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) and thereupon the provisions of the Child Care Act, 1991...

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

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my Reply to Question No. 135 given on Wednesday 22 October, 2008. The position is as stated.

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

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 November 2007. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in June 2006. All applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The current...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Oct 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 — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Applications for certificates of naturalisation were received from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question in April 2008 and I decided to refuse the applications. The reason for this decision was disclosed to the applicants in letters dated 9th October 2008. There is no appeals process under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. It is open to the persons in...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: One Special Adviser and one Press Adviser have been appointed to me. Both are paid at the Principal Officer Standard Scale (€86,188 — €106,582 per annum). Otherwise, I fully rely on the advice of established Civil Servants in the Department.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that this application is in the final stages of processing and a decision will issue within fourteen days.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government has reviewed the decentralisation programme and identified priority elements on which implementation should proceed at this time. I am pleased to report that both the Garda Central Vetting Unit and the Fixed Charge Processing Office have already relocated from Dublin to offices in Thurles with a total staffing complement of over one hundred and...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to has been approved on appeal.

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda Commissioner that an analysis completed 9 October 2008 shows the figures, by type, for licensed firearms to be: TYPE 2007/08 2006/07 2005/06 2004/05 2003/04 Shotgun 177,455 174,832 171,916 173,556 170,236 Rifle 56,689 50,986 48,536 47,596 44,967 Crossbow 79 76 72 76 73 Pistol 1,551 1,125 751 289 1 Revolver 284 214 131 58 0 Other 62 54 43 34 27 Total...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Garda authorities that the Garda Mounted Unit currently has a complement of eleven (11) horses and that the Garda Dog Unit currently has twenty-six (26) dogs attached to the unit based in the Dublin Metropolitan Region. In addition there are three (3) dogs attached to the Garda Dog Unit in the Southern Region which was established on a permanent basis earlier this year....

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that Crime Prevention Officers are allocated to each Garda Division in the country and in the DMR are attached to the following stations: Store Street, Pearse Street, Ballymun, Blanchardstown, Tallaght, and Shankill. The National Crime Prevention Office, Community Relations, Harcourt Square currently has a staff of four Sergeants and one Inspector. I...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (23 Oct 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, and 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 (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 15 April 2005 and applied for asylum. The second reference number refers to the child of the person concerned who was born in the State later that year and who is included as a child dependant on her mother's asylum claim. The asylum application of the person concerned was refused following consideration of the case by the Office of the Refugee...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An asylum application was submitted on behalf of the person concerned, an infant born in mid-2007, on 20 November 2007. This asylum application was refused following consideration of the 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...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply I gave to his Parliamentary Question No. 64 of Thursday 16 October 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply to Parliamentary Question 218 of 30 March 2006. Officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department inform me that no new application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person in question has been received to date.

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (23 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Dublin City Council is investigating the matter concerned under planning and development legislation, which provides for prosecutions to be taken by the City Council. The Garda authorities are working closely with and assisting the City Council in its investigation. I am further informed that any other criminal acts identified will be investigated...