Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will expedite a decision on the application based on the details of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that 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 in May 2008.

Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in 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. The content of the Deputy's Question is noted and my Department will be in touch with the person in question in this regard.