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Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the matter referred to by the Deputy was investigated and a file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who directed that there be no criminal prosecution. The mother of the child referred to has been informed of the DPP's decision. I am further informed that the Health Service Executive was notified at the outset of the investigation...

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

Dermot Ahern: Based on the information provided by the Deputy, my Department can find no record of visa applications for the persons referred to. 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...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in 2005 to provide financial assistance towards the capital costs of establishing a community CCTV system. To date two major rounds of this Scheme have been advertised, in 2005 and 2007. Two types of grant have been made available. Substantive grants of up to €100,000 have been made available from my Department with the Department of...

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

Dermot Ahern: I understand from my Department's Human Resources Division that the individual concerned, a Clerical Officer in the Department, applied for an internal transfer to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) on 14 September 2010. On 16 September the officer withdrew his application for a transfer to INIS, requesting a transfer to other areas of the Department. The officer's...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Applicants who are currently on a panel and have gone through the medical, physical and character vetting procedures, and are available, will be offered positions as Garda Trainees, in strict order of where they were placed on the panel, upon the resumption of recruitment.I recently announced the start of a Garda recruitment campaign to establish a panel of approved candidates who will be...

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

Dermot Ahern: The precise details required by the Deputy are not readily available as not all the bodies within Vote 19 (Office of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform) are paid directly from the centralised payroll system. The total overtime and call-out payments for the year to date paid from Vote 19 are in the region of €1.346m. This represents 1.24% of total pay related expenditure in the same...

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

Dermot Ahern: I am informed that the Visa Office, Dublin can find no record of a current re-entry visa application for the person referred to. It is open to the person concerned to apply for a re-entry visa either by post or in person. Comprehensive information regarding re-entry visas is available on the website or the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie). Prior to making an...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda Authorities that there is no differentiation between internet fraud and other types of fraud when such incidents are recorded. Therefore to establish the number of reported cases of internet fraud would involve a manual search of Garda records and would require a disproportionate amount of time and resources. An Garda Síochána are proactive in preventing this...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in 2005 to provide financial assistance towards the capital costs of establishing a community CCTV system. Two types of grant have been made available. Substantive grants of up to €100,000 have been made available from my Department with the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs providing matching funding for successful...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to inform the Deputy that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission was renewed in 2007 and on 30 August 2010 and is currently valid up to 7 September 2013. The wife of the person concerned has...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1124 and 1125 together. I wish to inform the Deputy that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in May of 2001 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. I am informed that this permission is currently valid until 12 December 2010 and may be renewed at her local Immigration Office 2...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the persons whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the persons concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual...

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 currently has temporary permission to remain in the State until 13 July 2011. I am advised by INIS that only a person who has been granted full refugee status by the Minister for Justice and Law Reform is entitled to apply for a travel document...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that person concerned made an application for residence in the State based on marriage to a Portuguese national on 25 November, 2009. The person concerned was informed of the decision to refuse the application and the basis for this decision by letter of 19 May, 2010. A request by the applicant and her spouse for a Review of this...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual...

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

Dermot Ahern: I wish to refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions 699 of 6 October 2009 and 634 of 27 January 2009 which sets out the position in respect of family reunification for family members of the person concerned. I should add that it is open to all non-nationals, who are resident outside the State and who are visa required to enter the State, to apply to any Irish Embassy or...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has been granted permission to remain in the State for the period to 13 July 2011. This decision was conveyed in writing to him by letter dated 14 July 2008. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for...

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I wish to advise the Deputy of the arrangements for remission of prison sentences currently available in our domestic legislation. The Prison Rules, 2007, (S.I. 252/07) provide a regulatory framework for the governance of our prisons. Within these rules there is provision for prisoners to earn remission at the rate of 25% of their sentences by virtue of good conduct (Rule 59(1)). In...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy that the residency status of the husband of the person concerned has been amended to allow him to take up employment in the State. I shouldremind 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...

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

Dermot Ahern: The total number of non-EEA (European Economic Area) persons with legal status in the State registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau at the end of 2009 in the categories referred to by the Deputy was approximately 135,000. That number includes approximately 17,000 work permit holders, 32,000 students, 10,000 persons granted refugee status, 3,700 persons granted leave to remain...