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Written Answers — Prison Service: Prison Service (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that the filling of vacancies in the Prison Service, in common with the rest of the public service, is governed by Government Decisions of 3 February and 24 March 2009 on the Implementation of Savings Measures on Public Service Numbers, more generally referred to as the moratorium on public sector recruitment. However, I am informed by the Director General of the...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: It may assist the Deputy and the House if I set out current policy in this area. The Irish Prison Service continues to work to implement its Drugs Policy & Strategy, entitled Keeping Drugs Out of Prison, which was launched in May 2006 using a number of stands. Firstly, through the implementation of stringent measures to prevent drugs from getting into prisons; and secondly, by continuing...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables. Education Unit 2008 2009 2010 Arbour Hill 29,282 19,975 20,000 Castlerea 71,529 52,047 50,000 Cloverhill 30,398 24,754 23,000 Cork 75,174 38,667 38,000 Dóchas 48,868 40,794 35,000 Limerick 51,784 48,042 48,000 Loughan House 50,906 42,287 30,000 Midlands 181,458 95,929 65,000 Mountjoy 64,690 50,426 50,000...

Written Answers — Prison Drug Treatment Services: Prison Drug Treatment Services (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy and the House that the term 'Protection Prisoners' is used by the Irish Prison Service to distinguish those prisoners who would be considered to be under threat or "at risk" in the general population due, for example, to gangland feuding, drug debts, because they gave evidence in a court case or because of the nature of their offence. A number of our prisons have...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: My Department's records show that 228 Chinese nationals have been deported from this State since 2000. In relation to the number of those people who have served a prison sentence in this State, such details are not recorded in my Department in a manner as would enable me to readily provide the Deputy with the requested information. The Deputy will appreciate that the extraction and...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 26 March 2009, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...

Written Answers — Immigration Service: Immigration Service (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Provision is made at section 3(1) of the Immigration Act 2004 for the Minister for Justice and Law Reform to appoint such and so many persons as he or she considers appropriate (referred to in the Act of 2004 as "immigration officers") to perform the functions conferred on immigration officers by the said Act. A person so appointed holds the office on such terms and conditions as are...

Written Answers — Student Visas: Student Visas (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can confirm to the Deputy that full time Non-EEA students are required to show an attendance record of 80% on their course of study as evidence that they are pursuing their studies while present in the State. This requirement was introduced on an administrative basis and has been in place for a considerable time. Students who do not meet the required attendance level may be denied further...

Written Answers — Immigration Policy: Immigration Policy (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I understand that in the United Kingdom immigration officers were given certain civil cash seizure and forfeiture powers under the proceeds of crime legislation in that jurisdiction in respect of persons involved in immigration related offences. In certain situations cash may be seized where it comes from criminal activity. To date such measures have not been a particular feature of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The number of staff in the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) acting as Presenting Officers at appeal hearings of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal for the last 5 years has ranged from 15.85 whole time equivalents in 2005 to 9.85 in the current year. The number of outstanding appeals in the Refugee Appeals Tribunal for each of the past 5 years is set out below: Date Appeals...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 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 April 2008. 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 — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within the Whitehall Garda Sub-District. Local Garda management is aware of a number of incidents of the type referred to by the Deputy in the area referred to. Investigations into these incidents are ongoing, and one arrest has been made to date. A community Garda has been designated for the area and has met a number of...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to was approved on the 20 September 2010. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 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 January 2008. 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...

Written Answers — Travel Documents: Travel Documents (29 Sep 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 was refused a temporary Travel Document on the 29 March 2010 as she held a current national passport in respect of her own country. It is a matter for the person concerned to contact her own national authorities in order to renew her passport. I...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 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 February 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...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 962, 1061 and 1111 together. Based on the information provided by the Deputy, my Department can find no record of a visa application for the person referred to. It is further the case that the position as stated in my replies to Parliamentary Questions 93 of 3 June 2010, 237 of 13 October 2009 and 122 of 5 March 2009 remains unchanged. I should remind the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 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 April 2008. 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 — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned applied for asylum in 2003 but subsequently withdrew that application and appears to have left the State around that time. In May 2008 she lodged an application for residency in the State based on parentage of an Irish citizen child but as there was no stand alone measure for the consideration of such applications in place at that time, her application was rejected and...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Arising from the refusal of her asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 30 May 2007, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of...