Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15065/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 137 on 12 February 2009. The position remains as stated.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status regarding the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15066/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I would point out to the Deputy that there is no application for family reunification in the case he refers to. The situation is that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January 2005 know as the IBC/05 scheme. This permission was subject, however, to the condition that it does not confer any entitlements or legitimate expectation on any other person, whether related to her or not, to enter the State.

My Department has a record of the person concerned having 2 other child dependants in the State. One child is under the age of sixteen and is covered by the permission to remain granted to her parent. The other child, who is over sixteen, was issued a letter by my Department on the 19 March 2008 informing him that he has permission to remain in the State in line with the permission already granted to his mother who is registered up to 5 October 2010.