Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 316: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the local immigration officer has stated, in relation to a person (details supplied) whose visitor visa is due to expire on 8 November 2008, that they are not authorised to sanction a visa extension; if his Department will accept an application for visa extension in respect of this person; if due account will be taken of the fact that the extension of visa is required to give the family adequate time to make appropriate care arrangements in India for this person, before they return to their home country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37308/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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A C Visit Visa is granted for visits of less than 90 days. As a consequence it is not the general policy to extend permission to remain to persons who are admitted initially for a period of 90 days or less on a C Visit Visa, save in very exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that they have no record of an application for an extension of permission to remain from the person referred to by the Deputy. It is open to the person concerned to write to the General Immigration Division of my Department where her application for an extension of her permission to remain will be considered.