440 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has familiarised himself with the case of a person (details supplied); the rules relating to student visas and dependent family members of the visa holder; the location where those rules are to be found; the degree of discretion available in their application; his views on whether it is appropriate that the same rules in relation to student visas and dependent family members should apply to persons with established academic records and positions seeking to pursue higher degrees as apply to those pursuing undergraduate or non-degree courses; the rules, precedents or guidelines that apply in relation to the requirement that a student visa holder should not have recourse to public funds in circumstances where a child of that person will attend school in the State; if, in such circumstances it is required that the child must be enrolled in a fee-paying school; if so, the location where such a requirement is to be found in writing; if an appeal to a superior officer within the GNIB against a refusal of leave to land is or ought to be carried out by way of a review of the original decision or a reconsideration of the original application on its merits; if the stated reason for refusing leave to land in this case must mean that the non Irish national was disbelieved by the immigration officers who interviewed them; if so, in what respect; if he has satisfied himself in all the circumstances that the correct or the only correct decision was taken in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/07]

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440 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has familiarised himself with the case of a person (details supplied); the rules relating to student visas and dependent family members of the visa holder; the location where those rules are to be found; the degree of discretion available in their application; his views on whether it is appropriate that the same rules in relation to student visas and dependent family members should apply to persons with established academic records and positions seeking to pursue higher degrees as apply to those pursuing undergraduate or non-degree courses; the rules, precedents or guidelines that apply in relation to the requirement that a student visa holder should not have recourse to public funds in circumstances where a child of that person will attend school in the State; if, in such circumstances it is required that the child must be enrolled in a fee-paying school; if so, the location where such a requirement is to be found in writing; if an appeal to a superior officer within the GNIB against a refusal of leave to land is or ought to be carried out by way of a review of the original decision or a reconsideration of the original application on its merits; if the stated reason for refusing leave to land in this case must mean that the non Irish national was disbelieved by the immigration officers who interviewed them; if so, in what respect; if he has satisfied himself in all the circumstances that the correct or the only correct decision was taken in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22335/07]

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