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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they have received no application from the person concerned. It seems that this person entered the State as a visitor in June 2007 and has remained in the State illegally since July 2007. This person should be aware that it is unlawful for them, under the Immigration Act 2004, to reside in the State...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this person registered as a student in the State on 10 March 2014. This permission expired on 2 March 2015. No further application has been received in my Department from this person. It appears that this person has been unlawfully in the State since March 2015. A non-national may not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they have no record of the person named by the Deputy. From the limited information provided, it appears that the person concerned may never have had permission to remain in the State, and they should be aware that under section 5 of the Immigration Act, 2004 it is unlawful for a non-national to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. The application was received in the relevant section of the INIS on 13 October 2016. I am further informed that INIS wrote to the applicant on 7 March 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy is aware, following the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015 on 31 December 2016, new arrangements for the investigation and determination of applications for international protection (refugee status and subsidiary protection) and cases involving permission to remain in the State have been introduced. Such applications are being processed, as part of a single...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 30 March 2017. The position remains as stated. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. As...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period to 17 April 2020. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by registered post dated 24 April 2017. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the “Join Family” applications referred to were refused on appeal by the Visa Office in Abu Dhabi in 2014 and the applicants were advised accordingly. No further applications were made. It is open to any visa required national to apply for a visa for any purpose. Each application is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the distribution of resources, including personnel, among the various Garda Divisions and I, as Minister, have no direct role in the matter. Garda management keeps this distribution of resources under continual review in the context of crime trends and policing priorities so as to ensure that the optimum use is made of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Section 8 of the International Protection Act 2015, as commenced on 31 December, 2016, sets out the applicable reasons for persecution when considering an application for international protection on the grounds referred to by the Deputy. Applications are processed by the International Protection Office (IPO). The Chief International Protection Officer and the International Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: In accordance with its statutory remit, as set out in the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996, the Bureau takes action to deprive or to deny persons of assets which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly from criminal conduct; or the benefit of such assets. As required by the Criminal Assets Bureau 1996, the financial accounts of the Bureau must be submitted on an annual basis...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 19 January 2017. The position remains as stated. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer to my response to Parliamentary Questions Number 90 of 16 February 2017 and Number 66 of 9 March 2017. As previously advised, this person entered the State on 23 June 2015 and was granted permission to remain on student conditions until 17 June 2016. There is no record that this person has made any further application to my Department. It appears that this person may be in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this person's request for immigration permission is currently under consideration and INIS will be writing to the person concerned very shortly. Might I remind the Deputy, that queries in relation to individual cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is currently registered under Stamp 3 permission with an expiry date of 12 March 2018. To date, they have not made an application for Stamp 4 residency based on family dependency. If they wish to make such an application they may do so by writing to the Family Dependent Unit,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is currently registered under Stamp 3 conditions with an expiry date of 12 March 2018. To date, they have not made an application to Unit 5 Residence Division for Stamp 4 residency based on family dependency. If they wish to make such an application they may do so by writing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they have no record of an application for residency in respect of the person concerned based on the information provided by the Deputy. The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by email using the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the processing of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 30 April 2020, is under consideration and has not yet reached a conclusion. However I understand a decision is expected to issue...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (9 May 2017)

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 persons concerned have submitted written representations. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered, under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (9 May 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they have no record of receipt an application for Stamp 4 in relation to the person named by the Deputy. It appears that, in June 2015, the person mentioned by the Deputy made an application to INIS for an extension of visitor permission which was refused with the person concerned receiving...