Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status or family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2958/09]

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. At present, applications are taking twenty-four months to process.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin and family reunification in respect of their daughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2959/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my previous reply to his Parliamentary Question 162 of 14 October 2008. I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for Family Reunification in April 2006. 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.

However, following a request from the legal representatives of the person in question, my Department suspended the processing of the application until such time as submissions have been made by them on behalf of their client. My Department will consider the application further following the receipt of the submissions.