Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 1116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the application for residency on the basis of an Irish born child of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1195/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question made an application for permission to remain in Ireland under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005, for the parents of Irish born children born before 1 January 2005. One of the requirements of these revised arrangements is that the applicant must have been continuously resident in Ireland with their Irish born child since its date of birth. Satisfactory evidence of this continuous residency must be supplied with each application. The application was made on 29 March 2005. The applicant was written to in both June 2005 and October 2005 and asked to provide satisfactory evidence of residency during the period March 2004 and April 2005. She did not provide satisfactory evidence of her residency in Ireland during this time and accordingly her application for permission to remain under the revised arrangements was refused.