Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason there has been a delay in the processing of this application. [26824/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question applied for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being a parent of an Irish born child, born before 1 January 2005, in accordance with the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 scheme.

It is a requirement of this scheme that each applicant is of good character. The person in question was convicted on 20 February 2002 of an offence under Section 3 of Non Fatal Offences Against the Persons Act 1977. Accordingly, he has not satisfied the requirement to be considered of good character and, as a result, his application for permission to remain under the IBC/05 scheme was refused. A letter was issued advising him of this decision on 17 November 2005. This letter was returned to the Department with the envelope marked "Gone Away". The refusal letter has been reissued to the person concerned to his current address on 03 July 2006. A further letter has issued to his legal representatives advising them of this refusal letter.

The person in question will have an opportunity to make representations as to his continued presence in the State when his immigration status is being reviewed.