Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the refusal of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34886/11]

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 22 June 2011. Following full consideration by a Visa Officer this application was refused on the 2 September, 2011 for the following reasons: There was insufficient documentation submitted in support of the application. In particular, the Visa Officer noted that the father of the applicant had only given consent for the applicant to visit and not to reside, which was the purpose of the visa sought.

It was the opinion of the Visa Officer that the granting of visa may result in a cost to public funds and/or public resources.

The person concerned appealed this decision on 5 October 2011. Following full consideration by a Visa Appeals Officer the issue surrounding consent was dealt with. However, the applicant failed to address concerns surrounding the potential burden on public funds and/or public resources and the original decision to refuse was upheld on 21 October, 2011.

It is of course open to the person concerned to submit a fresh visa application at any time. If doing so, the applicant should be in a position to address the concern surrounding public funds/public resources.

Queries in relation to general immigration matters may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long waited.