Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to correspondence (details supplied), if he will furnish a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21913/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The question tabled by the Deputy refers to representations made on behalf of a person who made an application for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005 for the processing of applications from the non-national parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005.

Some 18,000 applications for permission to remain have been received under the revised arrangements and more than 7,600 have been processed to date. An application from the person concerned was received on 29 March 2005. Given the number of applications yet to be processed it will be some weeks before processing of the application from the person concerned is completed.