Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the decision to refuse a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) [20008/13]

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 5 December 2012. Following full consideration, the Visa Officer decided to refuse the grant of the visa on 8 February 2013.

The decision to refuse was appealed on 22 March 2013 and was upheld by an appeals officer on 18 April 2013.

The visa appeals officer did not consider that the person concerned provided sufficient evidence of her obligations to return following a visit to Ireland and had concerns that she would not observe the conditions of a visa were it to be approved. It was noted that on a previous occasion that she did not comply with the conditions of her visa and overstayed by 10 days.

It is open to the person concerned to make a new application should she so wish. Where doing so, the applicant should be in a position to address the reasons for the refusal.

Guidelines regarding the visa application procedure are available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service - www.inis.gov.ie. 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 awaited.