Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the application for a visitor's visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6919/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Moscow on the 12 February 2009. Following consideration by a Visa Officer it was refused on 17 February 2009 for the following reasons: The obligations to return to the home country were not deemed sufficient; It was the opinion of the Visa Officer that the applicant may not observe the conditions of the visa if granted.

The decision of the Visa Officer may be appealed within two months of the date of decision, in this case before 17 April 2009. Any appeal must be submitted to the Visa Office, Moscow for consideration.