Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 226: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government can give a satisfactory answer as to what Government policy, as described by his Department in correspondence with a person's solicitors is preventing since 2002, the case of a person (details supplied) application for their children to join them here as applied for under the family reunification scheme. [37916/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The general policy of the Government is not to grant family reunification to persons who have permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish born child. However, any such applications are examined on a case by case basis, having regard to the individual family circumstances. It is open to the applicants to submit fresh applications which will be considered anew.