Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will issue in the visa application of a person (details supplied). [13641/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The application referred to by the Deputy was for the purposes of allowing a non-EEA national travel to the State to take up employment.

I can inform the Deputy that this application was refused by my Department on 25 April 2005. The applicant will be notified of this decision as soon as possible. The application was refused because the visa officer examining the case identified a number of shortcomings in the application. Specifically, he was not satisfied with the quality of the applicant's qualification certificate. Additionally, it was noted that the applicant had furnished a letter from his previous employer, which included dates of employment. However, the dates shown in the letter were inconsistent with the dates given by the applicant when interviewed in the Irish Embassy in his country of origin in October 2004.

Finally, the visa officer was unable to establish, based on the information supplied in support of the application, that the applicant would necessarily observe the conditions of the visa applied for. As with all visa applications, the onus is at all times on the applicant to satisfy my Department that it would be appropriate to issue a visa — in this case the applicant failed to do so. It is open to the applicant to submit an appeal, within two months of the date of receipt of his decision letter, in respect of this refusal.