Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33008/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions 699 of 6 October 2009 and 634 of 27 January 2009 which sets out the position in respect of family reunification for family members of the person concerned. 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 any Irish Embassy or Consulate for an entry visa.

I should 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.