Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for residency on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [13487/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The Immigration Division of my Department has informed me that no application for residency or permission to remain in the State has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13489/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that an application for family reunification under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996 was made in May 2004.

The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996 in August 2004. The investigation was completed and the Commissioner forwarded a report to my Department in March 2006.

In August 2006 while processing this application, questions arose in relation to the authenticity of certain documents submitted. Subsequent checks by document experts in the Garda Technical Bureau concluded that there were doubts concerning the authenticity of certain documents. The report was received in Family Reunification Section in September 2007. My Department has recently been in correspondence with the person in question seeking clarification of same.