Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1082: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in respect of the spouse of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32691/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that family reunification procedures apply only to persons who have been granted either refugee status or subsidiary protection, and the person to whom he refers is not in this category. As I have informed the Deputy on many previous occasions, the granting of permission to remain under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme, does not confer any entitlement or legitimate expectation on any other person, whether related to the person granted permission or not, to enter the State. All applicants to the Scheme signed an undertaking to this effect.

I should add that it is open to all non-nationals, who are resident outside the State and who are visa required to enter the State, to apply to their nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate for an entry visa. Comprehensive guidelines on making a visa application can be found on www.inis.gov.ie.

I should also remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1084: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to refuse family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32693/10]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1123: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to refuse family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33001/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1084 and 1123 together.

I refer the Deputy to my answers to his previous Parliamentary Questions.

I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made a Family Reunification application in May 2007 in respect of her father and four nieces. A decision in this case issued to the applicant on 19 January 2010 and a copy of the consideration detailing the reasons for the decision was also provided. Following an enquiry from the Deputy, a letter issued to the above named on 11 May 2010 advising her that it was open to her to submit any additional evidence which was not available at the time of application. To date no response has been received.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by E mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.