Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 October 2011
415 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider an application for an Irish visa from a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the person, on arrival, will be covered by private medical insurance and will not be any burden on the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31148/11]
View answerIt is open to the person concerned to appeal the decision to refuse the visa sought within two months of the date of refusal notice, in this instance before 11 December 2011. Each visa application, or a related appeal, is considered on its individual merits with the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Appeals Officer as to why the visa sought should be granted. Any supporting information/documentation it is wished to have taken into consideration should be submitted. Guidelines on the visa appeals process can be found on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie).
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may also 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.
