Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason proposals regarding statutory provisions for family reunification are not included in the heads of his proposed Immigration and Residence Bill, in view of his repeated refusal to answer parliamentary questions on family reunification on the grounds that it would be dealt with in the Bill. [30692/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy will be aware that I published a discussion document in April 2005 entitled "Immigration and Residence in Ireland — Outline policy proposals for an Immigration and Residence Bill". This document outlines the issues which future immigration legislation and policy will need to deal with and lists my Department's proposals on how these issues should be addressed. The "key proposals" section of the chapter on family reunification clearly states that family reunification provisions are to be set out in an accessible and transparent fashion in secondary legislation or practice instructions. This will be achieved through the medium of policy statements as referred to in the Bill.