Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a application for a residency card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18955/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State for a period of five years on the 20 January, 2009 on the basis that she was the spouse of an EU citizen who was residing and in exercise of his EU Treaty Rights in the State in accordance with the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No.2) Regulations 2006 as amended.

On 7 March, 2014, the person concerned made an application for retention of permission to reside in the State on an individual and personal basis under Regulation 9 of the Regulations (departure from the State of the Union citizen). I am not in a position to comment on when a decision will be made at this stage however the application is currently under consideration. I am advised that on 27 March, 2014, a letter issued through the applicant’s solicitor requesting additional documentation to process the application and a reply is awaited.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.