Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a spousal visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43059/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was submitted to the Honorary Consulate of Ireland in Bangkok on 22 August, 2014 and received in the Dublin Visa Office on 19 September, 2014. I have been advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that Join Family visa applications, where the sponsor is an Irish Citizen, can be expected to be dealt with within 6 months of receipt of all required documentation as set out in the Family Reunification Policy Document published on 1 January, 2014. This business target reflects the detailed assessment that is required to be carried out in relation to applications for family reunification. In order to be fair to all applicants, as the Deputy will appreciate, applications are processed in order by date received in the Dublin Visa Office.

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 of seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases were the response from the INIS is in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.