Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36590/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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It is not the general practice of the Visa Office to issue multiple journey visas unless a compliant travel history to Ireland in the recent past has been shown. In that context, a Visa Officer would normally expect to be satisfied that the conditions of at least two previous visas had been observed. A multiple entry visa may be issued for a one year period with a subsequent similar visa issuing for a maximum period of two years unless there is a significant change in circumstances. My Department is happy to continue to provide this facility into the future.

The persons concerned created on-line visa applications on 26 September 2010. However, the necessary supporting documentation in regard to their applications has not been submitted. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.