Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Question No. 373 of 25 May 2004, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person (details supplied) has made an application for a visa at the Irish embassy in Beijing but was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16372/04]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I have established that the person in question made a visa application in the visa office in Beijing. The application was refused because it was not established, on the basis of the documentation supplied to my Department, that the applicant would observe the conditions of the visa. In particular, it was considered that the applicant had not displayed sufficient evidence of her obligations to return home following her proposed visit.

An appeal against the refusal of the application was received. However, the visa appeals officer, having re-examined the application, upheld the original decision to refuse the application. It is open to the applicant to make a fresh application with up to date supporting documentation and the matter will be considered anew.