Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the outstanding procedures to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in the matter of family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52375/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 173 on Thursday, 21st November 2013. The position remains unchanged.

Reply to PQ Number 173 of the 21st November, 2013

I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for Family Reunification was received from the person referred to by the Deputy on 3 May 2013 and that a letter issued on 29 May 2013 requesting information necessary to process the application. No response was received and further letters issued from INIS on 19 June 2013, 29 August 2013, 17 September 2013 and 21 October 2013. A response was received to this final letter, however it did not contain sufficient information or documentation to enable the processing of the application and a further letter issued from INIS to the person concerned on 8 November 2013. To date no response has been received.

The Deputy may wish to note that 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 established specifically 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.