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Written Answers — Legal Judgments: Legal Judgments (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The legal issues that bear on the case referred to by the Deputy are the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court in another preceding case and, as they are sub-judice, I am constrained as to any comment I can make on the matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The total net allocated budget for the Justice and Equality Vote in 2011 is €355,195,000. The actual outturns at subhead level will not be available until after the end of the financial year and will be published in the Departments Appropriation Account for 2011.

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: Last month, I signed into law Statutory Instrument 569/11, which introduced an application fee of €175 for applications for a certificate of naturalisation. Managing and dealing with incomplete applications consumes scarce processing resources and the application fee is designed to recoup some of the costs associated with the application process. The application fee is also intended to...

Written Answers — Illegal Immigrants: Illegal Immigrants (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question 168 of 17 November 2011, Parliamentary Questions 161 and 174 of 24 November 2011 and Parliamentary Question 276 of 6 December 2011. The position is unchanged since then. I am aware that there have been proposals of this nature and of course my Department will give due consideration to the issue. However great caution should be...

Written Answers — Criminal Injuries Compensation: Criminal Injuries Compensation (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of a crime of violence in this State may make application for compensation under the terms of the Scheme of Compensation for Personal Injuries Criminally Inflicted to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal. An application form may be obtained by contacting the Tribunal's Offices at 13 Lower Hatch...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I wish to inform the Deputy that my Department does not, as a matter of policy, incur public relations expenditure. However, expenditure does arise from time to time on public information notices such as, for example, the dangers of fireworks, illegal drug dealing or the bringing into force of new legislation and other statutory notices. The information requested concerning consultancy...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May, 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Question posed by the Deputy is very general and non-specific in nature. I am not aware of any new positions that have been created. However, the number of new committees and advisory groups that have been created are set out as follows: Expert Group on Article 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights . A new National Steering Committee on Violence against Men met for the...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The number of committals for the past 3 years solely for non - payment of fines and civil debt is set out in the table. Figures are taken from the Annual Reports of the Irish Prison Service. In the case of 2011, these figures are provisional pending the publication of the 2011 Annual Report. Year Committals for non - payment of fines Committal for non - payment of civil debt 2011 (up to...

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The position is that options to respond to the High Court judgment continue to be considered in the light of advices from the Office of the Attorney General.

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State based on his parentage of an Irish born citizen child in 2000. This permission has been renewed on a number of occasions and is currently valid to 30 January 2012. The person concerned should attend the Garda National Immigration...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned are failed asylum seekers. Their respective applications for Subsidiary Protection were considered and refused. Deportation Orders were made in respect of the persons concerned and these Orders were served by registered post which placed a legal obligation on them to leave the State. The persons concerned initiated judicial review proceedings in the High Court,...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned had her status as a refugee revoked in March, 2010. She was subsequently granted Permission to Remain in the State for the twelve month period to 4th February, 2012. This position still obtains. An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The first named person concerned applied for asylum on 17 April 2007. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeal Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 9 February 2009, that...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The persons concerned are a husband and wife who lodged separate asylum applications in 2005. Their asylum applications were refused following the consideration of their individual cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Arising from the refusal of their respective asylum applications, and in accordance with the provisions...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: The person concerned made an application for refugee status in the State on 14 August 2003. The application was refused on 9 February 2005 and Judicial Review proceedings were lodged challenging this decision. These proceedings were settled. The person concerned subsequently made a second application for refugee status on 15 February 2006 which was refused at first instance and on appeal to...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State in 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. The permission has been renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 22 April, 2012. An application for a certificate of...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in April, 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed that it would appear that the person concerned departed the State without having firstly secured a re-entry visa. Contact was made on behalf of the person concerned by a family member who was advised by a Visa Official that the only option available in such circumstances was that a fresh visa application be made, whilst outside of the State. A visa application for the person...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (15 Dec 2011)

Alan Shatter: 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 the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in April, 2008. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is...