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Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Safari is an intelligence-led inter-regional operation targeting an organised crime gang operating across the Southern, Eastern and Western Garda Regions. The Operation was established in October, 2010 following analysis of crime trends, which identified this crime gang as being responsible for a series of criminal activities across these...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I have made inquiries with the Garda authorities and will contact the Deputy in relation to the matters he has raised.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Garda authorities that Operation Anvil commenced in the Dublin Metropolitan Region in May, 2005 to target serious and organised criminal activity. The Operation was extended nationwide during 2006, and a series of special operations, proposed by each Regional Assistant Commissioner and designed to focus on areas of high crime, has been initiated. These have, generally,...

Written Answers — Naturalisation Certificates: Naturalisation Certificates (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 2 June 2011. The Irish language is the first official language of the State and it is the long-standing practice of the Citizenship Division of my Department to issue certificates of naturalisation in Irish. This certificate of naturalisation as provided is the only official certificate provided to an applicant should they...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The Deputy will...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Deputy is referring to the administrative scheme operated by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department known as Business Permission. Non-EEA nationals who wish to pursue a business activity (in a capacity other than as an employed person for whom an employer would have to obtain a work permit) must first obtain Business Permission. Information...

Written Answers — Garda Remuneration: Garda Remuneration (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The management of sick leave in An Garda Síochána, including payments to members, is a matter for the Garda Commissioner and I have no role in this regard.

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (9 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Ministerial Air Transport Service is primarily provided by the Gulfstream IV and Learjet 45 aircraft, which were specifically acquired for that purpose. The CASA maritime patrol aircraft have been used infrequently for Ministerial Air Transport missions where no MATS aircraft has been available for operational or technical reasons. The Beechcraft was also used as a backup aircraft for...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The barriers to which the Deputy refers were erected as part of the security arrangements put in place in relation to the two recent state visits. The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice and it would not be in the public interest to comment in any detail on matters related to the security of visiting heads of state. However, I am satisfied that the...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Officials in the Citizenship section of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. Section 15 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy will be aware, the 'New Immigration Regime for Full Time non-EEA Students' was published on 22 September 2010. The Report contains more than 20 recommendations designed to reform the student immigration regime in a manner that is better integrated with Ireland's immigration policy generally while providing a stronger regulatory framework for the sustainable development of the...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy will appreciate that for obvious reasons it is not the practice and it would not be in the public interest to comment in any detail on matters related to the security of visiting heads of state. However, I am satisfied that the necessary and appropriate measures were in place to ensure the safety and security of Queen Elizabeth during the recent visit here.

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by the Courts Service that the waiting time for non-asylum related judicial review cases depends on the length of time the hearing of the application will require. For most applications it is one month. Cases likely to take less than two hours are dealt with within two weeks. For cases requiring longer than two hours there is a waiting time of four months. An application for...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: There are approximately 1400 cases challenging decisions relating to immigration matters - including asylum cases - before the High Court where an application for leave to bring Judicial review proceedings is pending. In addition there are 76 such cases where Leave has been granted and a substantive hearing of the case is awaited. The above cases are at various stages in the Judicial Review...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: In the event that a decision related to immigration matters is challenged in the Courts, a detailed review of the legal case is undertaken by the Legal Services Support Unit of my Department and detailed observations are prepared. Legal advice is then sought. In the event that legal advice clearly indicates that a decision was incorrectly arrived at, a decision is made to compromise those...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: It is not the usual practice in my Department to seek adjournments in the pre-leave Judicial Review list to put in replying affidavits and then not file same. For this reason, statistics of the nature requested by the Deputy are not maintained by my Department.

Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: In relation to the first part of this question, I refer the Deputy to my reply below to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 1 June 2011. The position is unchanged since then. In relation to the second part of the question, the expenditure outturn by RIA on accommodation of asylum seekers and related costs in the period 2002 to 2010 is as follows: 2002 - €84m 2003 - €76m 2004 - €84m...

Written Answers — Asylum Process: Asylum Process (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: Applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice and Equality on whether such status should be granted. During 2010, the median processing time for asylum applications by the ORAC was 6 to 7...

Written Answers — Foreign Divorces: Foreign Divorces (8 Jun 2011)

Alan Shatter: I am not in a position as Minister to give legal advice in response to a Parliamentary Question. However, I can say that the Brussels II bis Regulation (EC2201/2003) concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility does not govern divorces granted in Switzerland. Furthermore, matters relating to status are...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (8 Jun 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 my Department in December, 2008. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be finalised as expeditiously as possible. As I outlined in response to Parliamentary Question Number 69 of 7 April last, I can inform the Deputy...