Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 31 January 2013, if he will arrange for the re-issue of a letter directly to the applicant in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9465/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Question wherein I stated that I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a letter issued to the legal representative of the person referred to by the Deputy on 22nd January 2013 and that a reply to that correspondence was still outstanding.

I am further informed by INIS that in respect of all Family Reunification cases where the applicant has engaged legal representation that all correspondence will issue to the legal representative of the applicant. Therefore the person concerned should contact their legal representative. If it is the case that the applicant no longer wishes to be represented by their current legal representative, then they must inform the Family Reunification Section in writing to this effect.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process.

The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.