Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on granting temporary residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34390/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to the detailed Reply I gave to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 382 of Tuesday 30 September 2008. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency, citizenship or family reunification status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34391/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my answers to his previous Parliamentary Questions.

I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a Family Reunification application was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May 2002 and that a decision was issued in January 2005. A review of that decision was carried out in 2005 and following the review the person in question was notified that the original decision was upheld.

A new application for Family Reunification was received from the person in question in December 2007. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. The investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to my Department.

The report will be considered by my Department and a decision on the application will issue in due course.