Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork for leave to remain in the State by virtue of marriage to an Irish citizen. [24683/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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An application on behalf of the person in question for residence in the State on the basis of marriage to an Irish national was received by the Immigration Division of my Department in June 2007. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in strict chronological order and currently take up to twelve months to process. It should be noted that marriage to an Irish national does not confer an automatic right of residence in the State. A request for documentation was made to the applicant by the Immigration Division of my Department on 17 June 2008. Upon receipt of the requested documentation the application will be given further consideration and a decision will issue in due course.