Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the 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. [24131/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my previous answer to Parliamentary Question No. 223 put down for answer on 9th April 2008. 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 the 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. A report containing these conclusions was received in Family Reunification Section in September 2007.

My Department has subsequently written to the person in question seeking clarification with regard to the documents and to date no response has been received.