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- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Jun 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 (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform you that I have approved this application and the Citizenship Division of my Department has recently written to the person requesting certain documentation and the prescribed fee. When the documentation and the fee is received, a Certificate of Naturalisation will issue to him.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question is the subject of a Family Reunification application. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation is completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to my Department. The application...
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (26 Jun 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 (26 Jun 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for family reunification and that a decision was made in relation to that application recently. The person in question was informed of that decision in writing on 9 June 2008.
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 7 June, 2005 under the revised arrangements for parents of Irish children born prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. An application for renewal of this permission was received by my Department on 11 November, 2007. On 11 June, 2008 the application was refused as the person in question did not satisfy the...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous answer to Parliamentary Question number 178 put down for answer on 1st May 2008. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question was granted permission to remain under the Family Reunification Scheme and did not renew her permission to remain status prior to its expiration. The onus is on the person in question to...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 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 — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 424 of Tuesday 29 April 2008 and No. 238 of Thursday 3 April 2008 and the written Replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 27 September 2002 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 (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 531 of Thursday 17 April 2008, No. 202 of Thursday, 10 April 2008 and No. 225 of Thursday, 3 April 2008 and the written Replies to those Questions. The person concerned arrived in the State on 12 September 2006 and applied for asylum. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No.188 of Thursday, 9 March 2006 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned arrived in the State on 9 August 2002 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...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous answer to Parliamentary Question No. 231 on the 28th June 2007 and Parliamentary Question No. 250 on 31st January 2008. The person in question was the subject of a Family Reunification application which was approved in March 2002. Correspondence issued to the person concerned and his legal representative in August 2007 advising him that his permission to...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Jun 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 February 2006. Officials in that Section inform me that a letter requesting further documentation was sent to the applicant's solicitor on 24 January 2008. To date, no reply has been received. The request for further documentation...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (26 Jun 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 December 2005. A letter informing the person concerned that his application for a certificate of naturalisation was refused issued on 17 June 2008. Enclosed with this letter was a copy of the submission setting out the reasons why...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: Even the Opposition was giving out.
- Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that in the case referred to by the Deputy two reports were received and Gardaà were requested to search the aircraft. The complainants declined to make formal statements of complaint when invited to do so. As the Deputy is aware, the Garda SÃochána is responsible for the investigation of offences. Statutory powers of search and entry are bestowed...
- Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Citizenship Section of my Department that the number of applications for naturalisation which have yet to be processed to a conclusion is approximately 19,700. The processing time is, on average, 30 months.
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is actively policed by Gardaà from Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station and Mountjoy Garda Station, which are part of Fitzgibbon Street Garda District. I am also informed that local Garda management is aware of public order and anti-social behaviour type offences being experienced by residents of the area concerned. Regular...
- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (25 Jun 2008)
Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred is actively policed by Gardaà from Bridewell Garda Station. I am further informed that the personnel strength of the Bridewell Garda Station on 31 May 2008, the latest date for which figures are readily available, was 178. The Bridewell Garda Station forms part of the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) North Central Division which...