Written answers

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Refugee Status

2:30 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 545: 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 Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48499/10]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for Family Reunification in August 2009. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996.

The investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to INIS. The application will be considered by INIS and a decision will issue in due course.

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.

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