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Written Answers — Asylum Support Services: Asylum Support Services (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 503 and 504 together. My Department has established a comprehensive system for the provision of the broad range of immigration services. The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) was established in 2005 and together with the Garda National Immigration Bureau administers the immigration service on behalf of the State. Other offices within my...

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently 410 Garda applicants who have successfully completed stages 1 and 2 of the application process. Of these there are a total of 164 applicants who have completed all stages of the application process for entry to the Garda College. The remaining candidates are being processed through background screening, medical examination and...

Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with Government Decision of 3 February and 24 March 2009 on the implementation of savings measures on public service numbers, more generally referred to as the moratorium on public sector recruitment, filling of vacancies in the Irish Prison Service is subject to the approval of the Minister for Finance. I am pleased to advise the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: All Ministers are provided with the standard Departmental suite of ICT equipment. In addition some Ministers have been provided with PCs and associated IT equipment for their constituency offices. This is long established practice and is covered by Oireachtas guidelines. My Department's records indicate that the cost of providing all computer hardware and software in the offices were Nil in...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned has had his leave to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period, to 22nd November, 2013. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 7th December, 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I can inform the Deputy, that following a review of the Department's centralised payment system, there does not appear to have been any payment made to the company in question over the last 5 year period from Vote 19, Office of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: The question of the payment of bonuses in the Legal Aid Board is a matter for the Board, which is statutorily independent of my Department. I am advised that as the high level scheme of performance-related awards that applied to senior civil servants and Chief Executives of non-commercial State bodies such as the Legal Aid Board has been discontinued, no bonuses have been paid by the Legal...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: My Department provides centralised support for 23 websites - related to the work of the department and some bodies under its remit - developed under its IT Shared Service model. Details of visits are not recorded for all sites but figures recorded in 2010 indicate that there was an average of 38,534 unique visits per month to my Department's main site (www.justice.ie) and that there was an...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Garda authorities that the area referred to is within Clontarf Garda Sub-District. Local Garda management is aware of the incident referred to by the Deputy, and its investigation is ongoing. The person referred to was contacted immediately the Gardaí became aware of the incident, advised of the progress of the investigation and provided with contact details should he...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: The Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) provides employment vetting to organisations in Ireland registered with the Gardaí for this purpose and which employ persons in a full-time, part-time, voluntary or training capacity to positions where they would have substantial, unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults. The employment vetting service provided by the Gardaí has been...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I can advise the Deputy that the visa application referred to is currently being considered by a Visa Officer. A decision on the case will issue in due course. 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...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: An 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 May 2010. 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 certain statutory conditions are...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 1108 Wednesday, 25 September 2010 and Parliamentary Question No. 147 Thursday, 25th November 2010. The status of the person concerned, as set out in that reply, remains unchanged. The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and a...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 518 and 542 together. I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his Parliamentary Question No. 218 on 2 December 2009 and to his Parliamentary Question No. 168 on Wednesday, 3 November 2010. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply. The Deputy might wish to note that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, is evading...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, made following the consideration of her case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This Order was served on the person concerned by registered post dated 25 November 2010. This placed a legal obligation on her to 'present' at the Offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) in order that arrangements...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 520 and 524 together. The person concerned arrived in the State on the 30 November 2008 and applied for asylum on the 1 December 2008. The Refugee Applications Commissioner refused her a declaration of refugee status. This decision was subsequently upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. A Deportation Order was made in respect of her on the 21 September...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy does not meet the qualifying criteria for Long term residency which would exempt him from work permit requirements. The person in question was informed through his solicitor on 3 November 2010 that he will require a work permit to enable him to work in the State. I should...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 and 536 together. The person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for a two year period, to 30th November, 2012. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 29th November, 2010. This letter was returned to my Department marked "gone away". The person concerned would appear to have changed address...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 7 December 2010. The position is as stated. A decision regarding the granting, or otherwise, of future permission to remain in the State to the person concerned will be made by my Department in due course. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (12 Jan 2011)

Dermot Ahern: The persons concerned, a husband and wife, have no current permission to remain in the State. As a result, they were informed, by separate letters dated 18th August, 2009, that the Minister proposed to make Deportation Orders in respect of them. They were given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of Deportation...