I refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 643 of 7 May 2003 in relation to the applicant in question. As I stated in that reply, this person was granted permission to remain in the State in September 2001 for one year as an exceptional measure on the basis that she was dependent on her brother. She is no longer a minor and she has indicated that she does not reside with her brother and, as a consequence, is no longer dependent on him. Consequently, the permission to remain which was originally granted to her cannot simply be extended on the basis of dependency. Although her family and domestic circumstances will be taken into account in the context of her application they will be evaluated by reference to the fact that the applicant is no longer a minor.
My Department has recently written to the person in question seeking clarification of her application for permission to remain in the State. On receipt of the documentation requested a decision will be made on her case.