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Family Reunification Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 October 2013

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Questions (258)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

258. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 19 September 2013, the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 in respect of family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43020/13]

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Written answers

I refer the Deputy to my previous answers to PQs No. 437 of 25 June 2013 and 154 of 19 September 2013. As I previously advised the Deputy, I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy as the guardian is not a refugee and is therefore not entitled to make a Family Reunification application on behalf of their nephew. It is, however, open to any person to make an application for immigration permission or for a visa to come to Ireland and to present the circumstances of their case. All applications are considered on their individual merits. However, granting family reunification in respect of a nephew would be very much an exception to the norm. The circumstances would therefore have to be exceptional and such that there is no other realistic option for the care of the nephew of the person concerned.

The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases 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.

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