Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to correspondence (details supplied) from his Department of 31 March 2005, the position regarding the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13816/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question, along with his wife, arrived in the State on 24 December 1997 and made applications for asylum. The wife gave birth the following month, January 1998. They subsequently withdrew their asylum applications and applied for, and were granted, permission to reside in the State on the basis of parentage of the Irish born child. The person in question was recently requested to furnish documentation to assist with the consideration of the circumstances particular to his application for further permission to remain in the State. The matter is at present under consideration and it is expected that a decision will be made shortly.