Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 239: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the residency application in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Galway on humanitarian or other grounds having particular regard to the unstable situation in their homeland as confirmed by the Department of Foreign Affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33204/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that both of the persons to whom he refers have been granted permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC Scheme. This permission was recently renewed until 6th September 2010. I have arranged for copies of the letters of permission to be issued to the persons concerned.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; if they will be given leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33205/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The persons in question submitted applications on 3rd January, 2006 for permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for parents of Irish children born prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 scheme. The closing date for receipt of applications under the IBC/05 scheme was 31st March, 2005 and the applications in question were accordingly received too late for consideration. Additionally, the child in question was born on 18th August, 2005 which is after the cut-off date for the Scheme. Consequently the applications and all supporting documentation were returned to the applicants on 4th January, 2006.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33209/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to my previous reply of 26 September 2007 in relation to the persons in question. The position remains unchanged. The persons in question were originally granted permission to remain in the State based on their parentage of an Irish born child under the particular scheme which existed at that time. This permission has been renewed for the persons concerned until 03/10/2011.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to the Reply given by my predecessor to his Dáil Question Number 363 of Wednesday 27 September 2006 and the Reply given by me to his recent Dáil Question Number 200 of Thursday 8 November 2007. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in those Replies.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33211/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 put down for answer on the 5th July 2007 I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question made a Family Reunification application in October 2006.

The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to my Department.

This application will be considered by my Department and a decision will issue in due course.

At the present time Family Reunification applications are taking approximately 24 months to process.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 959 of 26 September 2007, the reason stamp four or temporary residency status cannot be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The position regarding Temporary residence status is that it cannot be determined until an application has been fully considered under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended.

I expect the file to be passed to me for a decision in due course.