Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 316: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will allow the reinstatement of the family reunification application in the case of the two children of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, who has residency status but whose application for reunification has been abandoned through no fault of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29117/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I understand that the person concerned made an application for Family Reunification in respect of two children in June 2003. In this regard she was asked on three separate occasions to provide passport-sized photographs of her children. On the third occasion she was informed that failure to submit the necessary photographs would result in her case being abandoned.

In February 2005, the person concerned was informed that her application had been deemed abandoned. However, following receipt of correspondence from her in March 2005, in which she stated that she wished her case to remain open, the file was reopened. Following a further request for the photographs, the person in question was written to in August 2005 and again in September 2006 and told that as she had failed to provide the necessary photographs, her application had been deemed abandoned and she must submit a fresh application.