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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Value for Money Review of the Probation Service, Assistance to Voluntary Bodies, is now complete. The purpose of such reviews is to ensure that the public resources dedicated to these programmes are being used both effectively and efficiently.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 31 January 2005 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 accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 21...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a Residence Card for a Non EU Family Member will issue to the person concerned in the near future.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by officials in the Long Term Residency section of my Department that an application for Long Term Residency from the person referred to by the Deputy was received last month. I understand that applications received in October 2006 are currently being dealt with. As soon as a decision is made on the case, the person concerned will be notified.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 803 and 804 together. The figures for headline offences, which include rape offences and domestic violence offences, recorded for each Garda Division up to 2002 are available in the Garda Annual Reports for the relevant years, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library. Following the submission of a report and recommendations by an expert group...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 11 August 2004 and applied for asylum on 29 September 2004. 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...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have requested officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department to expedite the application and have been informed that this file will be submitted to me in the coming months for a decision.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by officials in the Long Term Residency Section of my Department that long term residency is an administrative scheme 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 for a...

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that I am satisfied that the existing arrangements in place meet the State's obligations in respect of the provision of legal aid for prisoners in criminal and civil matters. Under the Criminal Justice (Legal Aid) Act 1962, and the Regulations made under it, free legal aid may be granted, in certain circumstances, for the defence of persons, including prisoners, of...

Written Answers — Voluntary Repatriation Schemes: Voluntary Repatriation Schemes (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: One of the options open to persons faced with the prospect of having a Deportation Order issued in respect of them is that they can seek to return voluntarily to their country of origin. Asylum seekers and irregular migrants from non-EU countries who agree to return voluntarily to their countries of origin but do not have the financial means or in some instances the necessary documentation to...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The European Directive 2004/38/EC was transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 226 of 2006) which took effect on 28 April 2006. The Regulations were amended in December 2006 by the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations (S.I. 656 of 2006) in the light of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned should apply to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for a re-entry visa before travelling. Information in this regard can be found on the website www.inis.gov.ie. Questions in relation to employment are not a matter for my Department. As a general rule, the movements of a person in and out of the State would not impact negatively on that individual's...

Written Answers — Bench Warrants: Bench Warrants (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables show the number of bench, committal and penal warrants unexecuted in each Garda Division and in each Garda District in the Waterford/Kilkenny Division as at 5 February, 2007. The statistics provided for the DMR North Central Division include all bench, committal and penal warrants issued by the criminal courts, Dublin 7 and...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 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 August 2005. Officials in that Section inform me that processing of the application is complete and the file will be forwarded to me for a decision in the near future.

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 201 of Thursday 10 April 2008, No. 200 of Thursday 28 February 2008 and No. 971 of Wednesday 26 September 2007 and the written Replies to those Questions. The applications submitted by the person concerned for Subsidiary Protection and for Leave to Remain in the State are among a substantial number of such applications currently on hands in my...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 17 January 2000 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the then Asylum Division of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2006. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in January 2006 and have approximately 2,800 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 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 May 2008. The application has not been examined in detail. Examination of the residency requirement will take place in the near future and the applicant will be contacted at that time informing her when her application will be...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Immigration Act 2003, which was commenced on the 15 September 2003, contained a number of key changes to the Refugee Act, 1996 which enabled the processing of asylum applications to be speeded up and enhanced our ability to deal with abusive applications. These changes included the imposition on applicants of a clear statutory duty to actively pursue their asylum applications and...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (8 Jul 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that, in response to the Deputy's Question No. 210 of 3 April 2008, the Central Statistics Office have been in direct contact with him and supplied the information requested.