High Court refuses judicial review of the decisions refusing an EU citizen’s applications for visas for his wife and son, on the grounds that no legal deficiency presents in the impugned visa appeal refusals or the related decision-making process.
Asylum and immigration – judicial review – European Law – EU treaty rights – EU citizen challenging the decision refusing his application for visas for his wife and son - number of adjournments – marked preemptory against the applicant – adjournment application refused – litigant in person - stated that he was living and working in Ireland and wanted his wife and son to join/reside with him in Ireland - right of residence – freedom of movement - any derivative right of his wife/son to join him, was dependent on proof of satisfaction of the statutory conditions – visa applications refused – appeals were unsuccessful - reliefs sought and complaints made - Minister has the right to restrict the use of free movement rights under European Union law in circumstances of abuse of rights - Minister was entitled at law, and on the evidence before him, to make the findings and reach the conclusions that he made and reached – no meaningful effort to explain the inconsistencies or dispute the facts identified by the Minister – abuse of process - no legal deficiency presents in the impugned visa appeal refusals or the related decision-making process – judicial review refused –