Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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964. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm when a corrected letter stating the correct date of birth for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16819/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Family Reunification Unit (FRU) of my Department that the applicant wrote to the Unit on 10 November 2022 regarding an error of date of birth.

The unit requested that the applicant send back the original letter before issuing the updated/corrected version, which is standard for the Unit to ask of applicants in order to avoid creating multiple versions of documents to have in circulation in case they are used for more than one person.

In November 2022, the applicant's solicitor emailed the Unit stating that the letter was with the FRU for Visa processing, however they were corrected by the Unit and advised that it must be with another unit within the Department. It was also suggested that they contact Travel Documents section and were provided contact details of same.

To date the FRU have not received the original letter back, but have retained the applicant's file and are ready to issue the updated details on receipt of the original letter.