Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has reviewed the appeal from a person (details supplied) whose application for a holiday visa for two weeks over Christmas 2008 was refused on 17 November 2008; if the additional substantive information submitted will permit the appropriate time limited visa to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46536/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 25 November 2008. The visa application referred to was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on the 10 November 2008. Following consideration by a Visa Officer it was refused on 17 November 2008. An appeal was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 15 December 2008. The current processing time for visa appeals is 3 — 4 weeks from the date of receipt in the Visa Office, Dublin. Given the number of appeals currently awaiting consideration, a decision may not be made within the time frame that the person concerned proposes to travel.