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Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of Thursday, 24 April, 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 8 December 2003 and applied for asylum. Her two children arrived in the State on 16 April 2005 and 16 May 2005 respectively and were reunited with their mother and included in her application for asylum. The asylum application...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The first named person concerned was granted permission to enter and reside in the State under family reunification. The second named person concerned arrived in the State on 20 May 2003 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 26 March 2003. His application was refused following consideration of his 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 concerned was informed, by letter dated 30 June 2004, that the Minister...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Question. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Family Reunification/Permission To Remain application made in September 2006. The Family Reunification/Permission To Remain application for the person in question was withdrawn by the applicant in September 2008.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 2 June 2005. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. The person concerned was notified of his entitlement to appeal this determination to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal but chose to not do so. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as...

Written Answers — Citizen Applications: Citizen Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the individual referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department on 13 December 2004. 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 the very near future.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 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 (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department inform me that there is no record of applications for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum on 13 February 2006. His application was refused following consideration of his 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 concerned was informed, by letter dated 26 October 2007, that the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Question. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question was issued with a decision on his Family Reunification application in January 2003. The person in question requested a review of his decision and the application was re-examined under section 18 of the Refugee Act and a decision issued...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the person's case is the subject of Judicial Review proceedings, and is due for mention in the High Court on 16 October, 2008. When these proceedings have been concluded the person's case will be assessed by the relevant officials in my Department, and the person concerned will be informed of any decisions made. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 962 on 24 September 2008. The position remains as stated.

Written Answers — Refugee Status: Refugee Status (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for a declaration of refugee status in the State on 5th January, 2005. Her application was refused and a deportation order was made in respect of her on 15th September, 2005. The individual submitted an application for subsidiary protection pursuant to the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006, S.I. No. 518 of 2006 ('the...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 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 — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply I gave to his Parliamentary Question no. 929 of Wednesday 24 September 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that Reply. As there is no application before me seeking revocation of the Deportation Order in this case, the matter does not arise.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the detailed Reply I gave to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 909 of Wednesday 24 September 2008. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned initially contacted the Ministerial Decisions Unit of my Department regarding a request to travel to Spain for medical reasons. The Immigration Division wrote to the person concerned on 25 September 2008 informing her that, as she had not been granted a declaration of Refugee status, the Immigration Division was not in a position to issue her with a 1951 UN Convention...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (9 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Replies given to Parliamentary Questions No. 844 of Tuesday 17 June 2008, No. 602 of Thursday 17 April 2008, No. 467 of Tuesday 26 February 2008 and No. 247 of Thursday 31 January 2008. The person concerned applied for asylum on 11 May 2005. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: A legal challenge to the constitutionality of certain provisions of existing ground rents legislation was heard in the High Court during 2005. The High Court's judgment upholding the constitutionality of the legislation was delivered in early 2006 but it has since been appealed to the Supreme Court. While operation of the law in relation to ground rents continues to be reviewed in my...