Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that the notice issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork is withdrawn in view of the circumstances notified to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44619/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish National Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy is not one who requires an entry visa to the State and that this person entered the State as a visitor on 7 July 2014 when they were granted visitor permission for 90 days.

I understand that this person then made an application to INIS stating that they wished to remain in the State to marry a UK national who is living and working in the UK. The application was refused on 21 August 2014 and a request for a review was received in INIS on 10 September 2014. The review was considered and was refused as the person they propose to marry does not live in the State.

I understand that INIS received further correspondence from the applicant within the last week which informs my officials that the person left the State on a holiday during October 2014 and was allowed entry to the State on her return. Officials in INIS have since been in correspondence with the person concerned to inform them that at the end of their current visitor permission on 10th January, 2015 they are expected to leave the State if the situation is still as outlined above.

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 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.