Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 2 April 2009, the number of applications on hand in the years in question at year end; if he will provide an explanation as to the way his Department dealt with 79 more applications in the past three years than were on hand and received in the period; the main reason applications were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Immigration Services Section of my Department informs me that there were 79 Business Permission applications pending at the end of 2003 which accounts for the discrepancy referred to by the Deputy. The number of cases on hand at the end of each year were as follows:

I am further informed that detailed records as to the main reason why applications were refused in the past five years are not collated on this basis and are not available. The Deputy should note that decisions are made on a case by case basis and that reasons for refusal vary depending on the merits of the individual application.