Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 224: 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 County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44660/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to his recent Parliamentary Question No. 683 of Wednesday, 16 September 2009, and the written Reply to that Question.

As stated in my earlier Reply, my Department has no record of an application for Family Reunification having been made by or on behalf of the person concerned.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Based on the information provided by the Deputy, the visa office has no record of the person 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).