Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2943/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my detailed reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 234 of Thursday 18 December 2008, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2944/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to the reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 240 on Thursday 24 April 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that reply. The person concerned has continued to meet her presentation requirements with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). She is due to present again on Thursday 29 January 2009. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the GNIB.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2945/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status should be granted. A final decision on each application is made following receipt of the recommendation of the Refugee Applications Commissioner or the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, as appropriate.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 2 December 2008, the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if consideration will be given to expediting the procedures having particular regard to the vintage of this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2946/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 955 of 24 September 2008, concerning the procedures in place in applying for permission to remain on the basis of being a dependant family member of a person granted permission to remain as the parent of an Irish citizen child. As stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 2 December 2008, an application in this regard, from the person concerned, has not been received in my Department and thus the overall position remains unchanged.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will offer residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2947/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State on a C-Visit Visa. A C-Visit Visa is granted for visits of 90 days or less and it is the general policy not to extend permission to remain to persons who are admitted on a C-Visit Visa, save in very exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. A wrap-around information sheet accompanies every visa application form. That sheet makes it clear to the applicant that, in general, persons granted visas for particular purposes are not permitted to remain in the State for any purpose other than that for which the visa was granted.

The daughter of the person referred to by the Deputy wrote to the Immigration Division of my Department on 7 October 2008 seeking an extension of permission on behalf of her father to remain in the State. Following consideration of the request, my Department decided that the position of her father did not warrant an extension of his C-Visit Visa period and his daughter was informed accordingly on 12 January 2009.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to allegations in respect of a false passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2948/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned was granted Leave to Remain in the State until 19 December 2010. He was notified of this decision by letter dated 19 December 2007. His current period of registration expires on 8 April 2009. My Department has no knowledge of the allegation referred to in the Deputy's Question. The Deputy might wish to note that the reference number included in his Question does not relate to the person concerned.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for residency in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the first named person was granted permission to remain in the State in July of 2002 on the basis of being the family dependant of a person granted permission to remain as the parent of an Irish citizen child. The permission granted expired on 8 January 2009. The person concerned is advised to contact the Garda National Immigration Bureau with a view to having that permission extended. I should add that children are not required to register in their own right until reaching the age of sixteen.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status should be granted. A final decision on each application is made following receipt of the recommendation of the Refugee Applications Commissioner or the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, as appropriate.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 99: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the case of the application for residency or citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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It is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications. As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status should be granted. A final decision on each application is made following receipt of the recommendation of the Refugee Applications Commissioner or the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, as appropriate.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the matter of the application for residency or citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2952/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Officials in the Citizenship Division 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. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question has not made an application for Long Term Residency.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2953/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for asylum on 10 August 2005. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 31 August 2006, 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 consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why he should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State.

Representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned and these representations will be fully considered, under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement, before the file is passed to me for decision.