The three individuals referred to in the Deputy's question submitted visa applications to the Irish Embassy in New Delhi on Thursday, 24 May. The applications were forwarded to the visa office in my Department and sent from there on Monday, 28 May, to the visa office in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform for consideration and decision.
On 11 June, a decision to refuse these applications was conveyed to my Department. The decision was forwarded to the embassy in New Delhi for onward transmission to the applicants. It is open to the applicants and/or the person nominated as the reference in Ireland on the original application form to obtain the reason(s) for the refusal from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and to subsequently appeal any decision to that Department.
I understand that in the case of these three applications the reference in Ireland has been provided with the reason(s) for refusal by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. It is now up to the applicants and/or the reference in Ireland to decide if they wish to appeal this decision to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.