Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when applications for visas will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will expedite these applications. [17896/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The visa applications referred to by the Deputy were received in the Visa Office Dublin on the 9 April 2010. Visa applications are considered on the basis of the date received and the number of Visa Officers available to process them. In the absence of exceptional circumstances the Visa Office is not in a position to prioritise one particular application over another. Such fast tracking of one particular application could potentially lead to a consequent slow tracking for another. A decision on the applications referred to will be made in due course.