Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied ) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16947/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the person concern has submitted an application for Long Term Residency. This application is one a number of applications which are awaiting a decision at present. However, I can assure the Deputy that, assuming that all necessary documentation and information has been submitted and all is found to be in order, there will be no avoidable delay in having this application processed to finality. Once a decision has been made on this application, this decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.