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Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: 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 March 2007. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants.The average processing time from application to decision is now at 26 months. More complicated...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State for a three year period, valid to 19 February 2012. This decision was conveyed in writing to her by letter dated 19 February 2009. This position still obtains. 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...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 21 September 2010, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of her asylum claim and her application for subsidiary protection, and a detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The effect of the Deportation Order is that...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person concerned was granted long term residency on 5 August 2009. As this person is in the State as a dependant of her husband, she was granted a Stamp 3, which is the appropriate stamp in her case. If it is the case that this person wishes to work in the State, a prospective employer must first obtain a work...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Travel Document Unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the person referred to in the Deputy's question has been granted as an exceptional measure, temporary permission to remain in the State until 12 May 2011. I am advised by INIS that the holding of this permission does not extend to the issuance of a temporary travel document. In exceptional...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the residency status of the person referred to by the Deputy is currently in permission on "work Permit" conditions, valid to 11 October 2010. I have also been informed that there is no record of an application having being received from the person in question. They should be advised to write to the General...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person to whom he refers was granted permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was renewed recently and is currently valid until 11 August 2013. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person to whom the Deputy refers arrived in Ireland in 1997 along with his mother. His mother was granted permission to remain in the State under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of children born in the State. I should add that a minor child is covered by the permission granted to his parent once he is resident with the parent in the State. On reaching the age of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 21 August 2003 and applied for asylum. The Refugee Applications Commissioner refused her a declaration of refugee status. It was determined that she was not eligible for Subsidiary Protection. A Deportation Order was made in respect of her on 11 June 2009. The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 15 July 2009 challenging...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous replies to Parliamentary Questions in this matter. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to made a Family Reunification application in January 2006. A decision in this case was issued to the person referred to on the 11th July 2008 enclosing original documentation submitted in support of their...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

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 statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (7 Oct 2010)

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 statistics directly to the Deputy. Question No. 157 answered with Question No. 126.

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (7 Oct 2010)

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 statistics directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 13 of today's date.

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 163 together. I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 43 of today's date.

Written Answers — Control of Firearms: Control of Firearms (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The firearms provisions of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 completed the necessary updating of our firearms licensing process. I have always made it clear that it was not brought forward specifically in the context of tackling gangland crime. The 2009 Act brought in a wide range of measures to modernise the licensing system and to increase public safety. In this...

Written Answers — Control of Firearms: Control of Firearms (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: An Garda Síochána's Policing Plan 2010 sets out a commitment to proactively target groups and individuals engaged in organised crime. To this end a number of intelligence-led operations, such as Operation Anvil, which focusses on organised crime groups in the Greater Dublin area and regional cities are currently being supported. A key part of these operations is a focus on stemming the...

Written Answers — Jury Service: Jury Service (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Section 64 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 introduced an amendment to the First Schedule of the Juries Act 1976 which places the emphasis on a person's capacity to perform the duties of jury service and does not automatically exclude any person because of an infirmity. My Department is considering, in consultation with the Attorney General, the recent High Court judgment...

Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (7 Oct 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The need to urgently modernise the prison estate and replace Mountjoy prison has been well documented both by the Inspector of Prisons and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The prison development at Thornton Hall remains a cornerstone of our prison modernisation programme. The Government recently approved the procurement of the...