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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Mr Justice John Quirke was asked by the Government to advise on an appropriate scheme for those women who were admitted to and worked in the Magdalen laundries taking into account all the factors that might apply to such women and to such a scheme. As part of that process he undertook an extensive consultation process with the women concerned and with the relevant advocacy groups. Mr...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am awaiting additional material from the Garda authorities in relation to the matter referred to by the Deputy and I will contact him again when it is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned, together with other family members referred to by the Deputy, are the subject of Deportation Orders. The effect of the Deportation Orders are that the persons concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. Representations were received from the persons'...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons referred to are subjects of Deportation Orders. Representations were received on behalf of the persons concerned asking that their Deportation Orders be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). These applications are under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 162 together. The persons concerned arrived in the State on 13 February 2006 and 20 July 2007 and made applications for asylum on the dates of arrival. The Refugee Applications Commissioner refused a declaration of refugee status by letters dated 02 August 2006 and 27 March 2008. These decisions were subsequently upheld by the Refugee Appeals...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the persons' legal representative asking that his Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has current permission to remain in the State to 21st November, 2015. It will be open to the person concerned to apply to the Citizenship Division of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when they are in a position to meet the lawful residency criteria applicable...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by my officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy has made an application for residence in the State. This application is currently receiving attention. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The application is being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation, such as good character and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has submitted written representations. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered, under Section...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, if the persons whose details were supplied have made applications for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process. I am advised by the Office of the Refuge Applications Commissioner (ORAC) that priority is being accorded to certain classes of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 2002 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. This permission was renewed on a regular basis with the latest permission granted to him expiring on 28 January, 2014. The person concerned applied to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS)...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the subsidiary protection application made by the person concerned was refused on 14th August, 2014. Following on from that refusal decision, and in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned has submitted written...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received from the person concerned, asking that his Deportation Order be revoked. This application is under consideration at present. The Deputy might wish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a decision on the Family Reunification application of the person referred to by the Deputy will issue in the near future. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question, who currently has permission to remain in the State until 16 December, 2014. Two previous applications for a certificate of naturalisation were...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received asking that her Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended)....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Sep 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Representations were received asking that her Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended)....