Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or proposed residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7359/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The person in question has no legal status to reside in the State since the 1 November 2000 and the Immigration Division of my Department has no pending application for permission to reside in the State. The person in question arrived in the State in 1997 and claimed asylum. This application was refused and the decision was subsequently upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person in question was notified on 1 November 2000. In the interim, the person in question applied for residence in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish Born Child. The Immigration Division of my Department wrote to the person concerned on two occasions seeking supporting documentation to his claim. As the registered post was 'returned to sender' and there was no record on file at that time of a notification of a change of address from the person in question, the application was deemed abandoned.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has taken place in the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7360/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my previous answer to Questions Nos 945 and 990 put down for answer on Wednesday 26th September 2007. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person in question made a Family Reunification application in November 2005. 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.