Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37879/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to was the subject of a family reunification application, which was approved in December 2002 and has current permission to remain on that basis. This permission is valid up to 3 February 2010.

If the person referred to has any concerns regarding their status in the State, they should be advised to write to the Family Reunification Section of INIS, which is located at 13-14 Burgh Quay,Dublin 2 regarding same.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37880/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to made a family reunification application with respect to his wife in January 2009.

The application was forwarded to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation is completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to the INIS.

This application will be considered by the INIS and a decision will issue in due course. Applications are currently taking approximately 15 months to complete.