Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time her Department takes to process applications for residency based on EU treaty rights. [43885/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that all applications for residence in the State on the basis of EU Treaty Rights by non-EEA family members of EU or EEA citizens are currently being processed within the six month statutory time frame set out in Directive 2004/38/EC as implemented in Ireland by Statutory Instrument 656/2006 as amended by Statutory Instrument 310/2008.

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.

Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) on their application to reside here under regulation 9 of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No 2) Regulations, which provides for EU residency for third country nationals who exercised free movement rights with an EU national who subsequently dies. [43886/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for retention of permission to reside in the State on an individual and personal basis under Regulation 9 of the Regulations on 16 April, 2014.

By letter dated 23 October, 2014 the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State, on Stamp 4 conditions for a period of one year. This permission is renewable by attending the local immigration officer. Should the person concerned wish us to vary this permission she should contact us in due course.

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.