John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 674 of 12 April 2005, if a decision in the case will be expedited given that this is an appeal; and if the timeframe outlined in the answer has passed. [17845/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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As the Deputy was informed in my reply to his parliamentary question of 12 April 2005, applications are not, in general, expedited. Contrary to the Deputy's suggestion, this application was not an appeal but was a stand-alone application and was dealt with as such. However, I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application in question was approved by my Department on 23 May 2005. The applicant will be notified of this decision by the Department of Foreign Affairs as soon as possible.

I acknowledge that this application took slightly more time to process than is the norm. However, as I stated in my previous reply to the Deputy, processing time for visa applications can vary from time to time as a result of workloads and the complexities of individual applications. It should be noted that many applications are also processed in less than the stated processing times.