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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: 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 February 2010. The application is being processed in the normal way with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his Parliamentary Question, No. 998 of Wednesday, 29th September, 2010 in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The Deputy should note that my Department has no record of the person concerned being granted permission to remain in the State. It is only in circumstances where permission to remain has been granted, that a Garda National Immigration Bureau card would be issued to a person. The position in relation to the person concerned is that he applied for asylum on 18 April 2006. Following...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The person referred to by the Deputy applied for Asylum on 5/12/2005. The claim was assessed by the Refugee Applications Commissioner who concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. The Commissioner's recommendation was communicated to her by letter dated 16/1/2008. This communication advised the person of her entitlement to appeal the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Family Reunification application made by her son in January 2010. The investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to INIS. The application is currently under consideration by INIS. INIS are currently waiting for an...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of Wednesday 12 January, 2011 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 specifically established for...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Arising from the refusal of his 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 29 June 2006, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: I refer the Deputy to my detailed Replies to his Parliamentary Questions, No. 970 and 1090 of Wednesday, 29 September, 2010 in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The executive functions of COFORD (the National Council for Forest Research and Development) were subsumed into my Department with effect from 1 August 2009 with COFORD Council continuing to provide an advisory function to the relevant sections of my Department in relation to COFORD work. The full year savings were estimated as €182,000. The Seafood marketing function was transferred from...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The advance payment which issued on 18 October and the interim balancing payment which issued on 1 December were on the basis of those parcels cleared for payment at that stage, as a number of the land parcels listed on the application of the person named required re-digitisation. This...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on 16 April 2010. Advance Single Farm Payment issued to the person named on 18 October 2010 and Balancing Single Farm Payment issued on 01 December 2010. The REPS 4 file is currently under examination and my officials will be in contact with the person named when this...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The issues arising in this case have been resolved and payment issued to the person named on 18 January 2011.

Written Answers — Fish Quota: Fish Quota (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The internal sharing arrangements between different parts of the fleet is the subject of dissatisfaction and disagreement within the Irish industry with each group of vessels seeking increased its share. However, it is important to understand that any increase to one part of the fleet must involve a reduction to another part of the fleet. Prior to the year 2000, polyvalent (multi-purpose)...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 6 May 2010. Payments under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme commenced nationally on 18 October 2010. The person named submitted an application with 6 land parcels, 3 of which required re-digitisation. The advance and interim balancing payments under the 2010 Single Payment Scheme issued to the applicant...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Waste Management Scheme. The final instalment of grant-aid was issued by my Department to the applicant on 11 January 2011. I have also announced that a special ex-gratia payment not exceeding 3.5 per cent of the value of the deferred amount will be made to farmers whose Farm Waste Management grants were partially deferred. This payment...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: The Aquaculture Initiative (CBAIT) was established in 1998 as a European Economic Interest Group (EEIG) under the European Communities (European Economic Interest Groupings) Regulations 1989 – S.I. 191 of 1989 with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) listed as the member for Ireland. CBAIT was established for the purpose of assisting in the development of the aquaculture sector in the six counties...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Payment will issue to the person named within 10 days.

Written Answers — Commonage Division: Commonage Division (19 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: My Department has carried out a comprehensive review of the eligibility of commonages land declared under the Single Payment Scheme and Disadvantaged Areas Scheme including the commonage referred to. In order to deal with the queries that have been raised in relation to these commonages, I have arranged for the matter to be reviewed by my Department. This review will incorporate a ground...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: An application under 2010 Single Payment Scheme was received from the person named on 17 May 2010. The 50% advance payment, which issued on 18 October 2010, was on the basis of the land cleared at that stage, as a number of parcels declared required digitising. Balancing payments under the scheme, which commenced 1 December, would, in normal circumstances, be confined to those whose...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (19 Jan 2011)

Brendan Smith: Kinvara Bay is a designated Special Area of Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive and a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive (Natura 2000 site). In the case of aquaculture sites located within Natura 2000 areas my Department, in conjunction with the Marine Institute and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local...