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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 25th May 2011. Representations were received from the persons' legal representative pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy might wish to note that any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 Feb 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 27 October 2016. The Deputy will appreciate that applications are dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned currently holds Stamp 4 permission. When that permission expires, the person concerned should contact their local immigration registration office to renew this permission. Regional immigration offices are managed by An Garda Síochána and located at Garda stations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...refugee when registering their permission to reside in the State with the Burgh Quay Registrations Office, INIS, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 or, should the person reside outside of Dublin, with the Immigration Officer at his/her local Garda station. In circumstances where the refugee is no longer resident in the State, the permission granted to family members pursuant to an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my reply to his Parliamentary Question No. 95 of Thursday 16th February 2017. The situation remains unchanged. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for family reunification in respect of the person referred to was received in October 2016. All applications received are dealt with in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 76, inclusive, together. In general, a person may be refused leave to land on one, or more, of the grounds set out in Section 4(3) of the Immigration Act 2004 (as amended). Every person refused leave to land in the State is served with a notice in which the reason, or reasons, for refusing an application for permission to enter the State is set out....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the two requests from the persons concerned for permission to remain in the State are currently receiving attention and a decision will issue shortly in relation to both cases. May I remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (21 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...determination of applications for international protection and related permission to remain matters has transferred to a new International Protection Office (IPO) in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. The IPO is statutorily independent in the performance of its international protection functions. A comprehensive information process has been put in place by the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Applications for refugee status and subsidiary protection were until 30 December, 2016, investigated by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC). On 31 December, 2016 the International Protection Act 2015 was commenced. The Act has introduced a single application procedure within our international protection process bringing Ireland in line with other EU States. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...during the period before the final determination of their application. I also outlined in that response the reasons for maintaining that policy, including that there is an effective visa and immigration system already in place for those who wish to lawfully migrate to the State for employment purposes. The International Protection Act 2015 provides for the introduction of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...in this regard would have to be very carefully considered. At the European level, Ireland together with the other Member States of the European Union has committed under the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum agreed at the European Council in October 2008 "to use only case-by-case regularisation, rather than generalised regularisation, under national law, for humanitarian or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the applicant's appeal is currently being considered and a final decision will issue on the case within the next 7 days. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to my answer to his Parliamentary Questions No. 42 of 26 January 2017 and No. 62 of 2 February 2017. The position remains as stated. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that there is no record of a current application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 65 of Thursday, 9th February, 2017, and the written reply to that Question. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the position is unchanged since then. The text of that earlier reply is copied beneath. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned by the Deputy made an application to INIS for permission to remain in the State as the spouse of an Irish National at the beginning of July 2014. This application was acknowledged in July 2014 and further documentation was requested. In January 2015, a further letter issued...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that they do not have a record of the person named by the Deputy currently registered in the State. Without further details or a date of birth, it is not possible to make further checks. As no details of family members have been given I cannot comment any further in this regard. If the person concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I refer the Deputy to his earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 60 of Thursday, 9th February, 2017, and the written reply to that Question. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the position is unchanged since then. The text of that earlier reply is copied beneath. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that this person arrived in the State on 23 June 2015 and registered as a student on 13 July 2015. This permission expired on 17 June 2016. There is no record that this person has made any application to my Department. Please be informed that it is illegal under the Immigration Act 2004 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 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), dated 13th October, 2016, written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (16 Feb 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), dated 6th September, 2016, written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on...