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Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) makes criminal history vetting disclosures to registered organisations in respect of prospective employees, volunteers and students on placement who would have substantive, unsupervised access to children and vulnerable adults. I am informed by the Garda authorities that a vetting application form in respect of the person in question was received by the...

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that a person who wishes to become a firearms dealer should first obtain an application form (form 7) which is available on my Department's website. The completed form should be lodged with the Sergeant of the Garda sub-district where the applicant resides and the Gardaí will then prepare a suitability report on the character of the applicant and a crime prevention...

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

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned arrived in the State on 2 December 2001 and applied for asylum. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by 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 8...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: As the Deputy may be aware, certain aspects of student migration from outside the EEA have given rise to concern in recent years. It has been apparent for some time that a significant proportion of non-EEA students are in reality economic migrants who enroll in a course purely for the purpose of gaining entry to the State and accessing the labour market. There is evidence that some students...

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

Dermot Ahern: Long-term residency is an administrative scheme that was 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 five year residency extension. In that context they may also apply to be...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda station to which the Deputy refers is operational and has not been closed. I am further informed that refurbishment of the station is being advanced.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 504 and 544 together. I am fully supportive of Government policy in relation to decentralisation and of the mechanisms promulgated by the Department of Finance (following consultation with representative bodies) which are in place to give effect to it. As my predecessor has indicated previously, the filling of sanctioned vacancies is handled at official level....

Written Answers — Jury Service: Jury Service (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 14 and 607 taken together on 17 April 2008.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that they have recently been in contact with the person referred to by the Deputy in relation to his immigration status. Further documentation has been requested from the person concerned in order to facilitate the Immigration Division in examining his case.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 May 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 January 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 — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Following the submission of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this, and the CSO has established a dedicated...

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, including sections 4 and 5, came into operation one month after its passing on 3 March, 1994. I presume the Deputy is referring to section 184 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006, which amends the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 to provide for a fixed penalty procedure in relation to the public order offences of intoxication in a public...

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

Dermot Ahern: A non-EEA national who is the partner (including same sex partner) of an Irish citizen may seek permission to remain in the State based on such a relationship and each case will be considered by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service on the particular circumstances of the case. The circumstances that would support such a request would be where the partners have been in a...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Commissioner that the number of Probationer Gardaí that have graduated from the Garda College during the years 2006, 2007 and to-date in 2008 are as set out in the following table, broken down by Garda Division. On attestation, Probationer Gardaí are allocated to Garda Stations throughout the 25 operational Garda Divisions. Following graduation at the Garda...

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

Dermot Ahern: The information required by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It refers to the Department and the other organisations in the Justice Sector Vote group. The figures are based on the average number of working days from the date of receipt of the invoice to the date of payment. Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform An Garda Siochana Irish Prison Service Courts Service...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that they have recently been in contact with the person referred to by the Deputy in relation to his immigration status. Further documentation has been requested from the person concerned in order to facilitate the Immigration Division in examining his case.

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

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my previous answers to Parliamentary Question Nos: 188 put down for answer on 13th March 2008 and 395 put down for answer on 8th April 2008. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the wife of the person referred to by the Deputy was admitted to the State in November 2004 as a programme refugee. The person in question is the subject of a Family...

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: It is a normal part of the annual Estimates process for meetings to take place at official and Ministerial level between my Department and the Department of Finance. The Estimates process by its nature evolves during negotiation over the entirety of the campaign. As such budgetary allocations change at very short notice. Therefore, the formal recording of minutes would not normally arise...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am advised by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy has not made any application for residence in the State on the basis of her marriage to an Irish national. The person in question can be advised to make her application to the Marriage to Irish National Section, INIS, 4th Floor, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. Applications in this category can...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: One of the policing priorities set out under the Garda Síochána Acts 2005 to 2007 is to combat, in cooperation with other agencies and the community generally, the problems of public disorder with particular emphasis on alcohol related behaviour (including under age drinking) and socially disadvantaged communities especially through utilisation of the available legal mechanisms, including...