I refer the Deputy to my replies to his previous Parliamentary Questions No 1213 of 30 January 2008, No 131 of 8 October 2008 and 106 of 29 January 2009.
I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a Family Reunification application was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in May 2002 and that a decision was issued in January 2005. A review of that decision was carried out in 2005 and following the review the person in question was notified that the original decision was upheld.
A new application for Family Reunification was received from the person in question in December 2007. The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. The investigation has been completed and the Commissioner has forwarded a report to my Department.
The report will be considered by my Department and a decision on the application will issue in due course.
At present, Family Reunification applications are taking approximately twenty-four months to process.
I am also informed by the Citizenship Division of my Department that the person concerned made an application for a certificate of naturalisation in February 2009. On examination of the application submitted it was deemed ineligible and the person in question was informed of this in a letter on 13 February, 2009.