Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2040/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by 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 expiring on 19 December, 2017. This permission is based on being the spouse of an EU citizen who is resident in the State and in exercise of EU Treaty rights in accordance with the provisions of S.I. No. 656 of 2006 European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States.

I am advised that the person concerned wrote to the EU Treaty Rights Section advising of a change in circumstances. It has however been recently established that the person concerned continues to hold a right of residency in the State in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations and Directive. Officials in my Department will therefore contact the person concerned directly to clarify the position on the matter.

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.