Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for family re-unification in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17772/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted refugee status in April 2005 and became eligible to apply for family reunification. He subsequently made a Family Reunification application in respect of his wife and daughter in October 2005.

I am advised that the file relating to this application is not lost and covers the period from 2005 to date. The applicant has failed at all times in that period to provide the necessary information and documentation to allow the application to progress to decision stage.

I am further advised by INIS that a letter issued to the legal representative of the person concerned on 28th April 2011 requesting further information and original documentation. The necessary information and documentation requested have not been received and a further letter has issued detailing the information necessary to finalise the application.

I shouldremind 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.