Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) can return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9429/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Based on the information provided by the Deputy, my department has no record of the persons referred to. It is however open to all persons resident outside the State, and who are visa required to apply to their nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate for the appropriate visa. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why a visa should be granted. Comprehensive information when making a visa application is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie).