Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa extension will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9912/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question was illegally present in the State prior to his marriage to the Irish national. He was advised by the Garda national immigration bureau that in the circumstances he needed to make a written application to the immigration division of my Department for permission to remain in the State on the basis of that marriage. There is no record of any such application from the person in question to date. Applications of this kind are dealt with in strict chronological order.