Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to a reunification or residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29126/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question was granted permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005 for non-national parents of Irish born children, born prior to 01 January 2005.

It should be noted that on the 18th July 2003 the Government announced its policy in relation to leave to remain for parents of Irish born children. A feature of that policy was that there would be no presumption in favour of allowing parents granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish born child to be joined in the State for residency purposes by other family members including other children. This feature was incorporated into the IBC/05 scheme as one of the conditions to which applicants were required to agree to if their application for residency in the State was to be considered favourably.

The person in question signed a statutory declaration that she would abide by this condition. Therefore any application for reunification or residency from a family member of the person in question who was outside the State could not be considered.