Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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389. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal for a visa to remain here in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27970/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was, by letter dated 3rd September, 2008, granted permission to remain in the State as the Spouse of an EU National who was exercising their EU Treaty Rights in this State. This permission to remain was valid to 6 August, 2012. This permission was not renewed as the circumstances of the person concerned had changed in a material way.

By letter dated 13 August, 2012, the person concerned made a fresh application for residency in the State on the basis of being the partner of an EU National who was exercising EU Treaty Rights in this State. This application was refused and the person concerned was notified of this decision by letter dated 15 February, 2013. This refusal decision was subsequently reviewed and the initial refusal decision was upheld and the person concerned was advised of this position by letter dated 6 December, 2013.

In January, 2014, the person concerned applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish born minor citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, and a decision is arrived at, the person concerned will be notified in writing.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.