Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a holiday visa application for a person (details supplied) was refused for a second time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17637/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Cairo on the 29 March 2010. Following consideration by a Visa Officer, it was refused on the 30 March 2010, for the following reasons:

1. Finances. The evidence of finances provided was deemed insufficient in that neither the applicant nor the reference submitted 6 months bank statements.

2. Insufficient documentation. There was insufficient documentation submitted in support of the application in that the applicant did not set out the reasons for the proposed visit to Ireland. Further the applicant did not submit a letter of undertaking.

3. Obligations to return to home country. The applicant did not show satisfactory obligations to return to the home country - some examples of obligations being social, economic or professional ties.

It is open to the person concerned to appeal the decision of the Visa Officer within two months of the date of refusal, in this case before the 30 May 2010. Comprehensive information with regard to the visa application process and the documents required are available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie).