John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a short-stay visa to visit their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8152/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on the 6 April 2011 having been forwarded by the Embassy of Ireland, Cairo for decision on the 30 March 2011. The application is currently awaiting consideration by a Visa Officer. Applicants are advised to apply at least eight weeks prior to the proposed date of travel. Visa Officers are currently considering 'visit' visa applications received in the Visa Office, Dublin on the 16 March 2011. Following standard practice, once a decision on the application referred to has been made, the applicant will be informed by way of written correspondence. Details of the decision will also be made available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie) in a manner which protects the confidentiality of the application and the identity of the applicant.

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.