Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36347/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Abuja on 14 August 2009. It was refused by the Visa Officer on the 1 September 2009 for the following reasons:

1. It is not the general policy to grant a visa to dependent family members who are not spouses or children of persons granted residency in the State. The case was fully examined and there were no compelling grounds shown as to why an exception to this policy should be made;

2. The Visa Officer was not satisfied as to the authenticity of certain documents submitted, in this case the birth certificate;

3. There were inconsistencies in the information supplied, this is linked to the above refusal reason;

4. There was insufficient documentation submitted in support of the application in that there was no P60 provided.

It is open to the person concerned to submit an appeal within two months of the date of refusal, in this case before the 1 November 2009. Where doing so the applicant should be in a position to address the concerns of the Visa Officer.