Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) regarding family reunification. [5657/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned made an application for Family Reunification on behalf of his wife in July 2008. The application was forwarded to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to INIS.

I am further informed that INIS have recently been in contact with the person's legal representative seeking clarification of certain issues and upon receipt of same, the application will be considered further. 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.