Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6586/15]

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 an application for residency in the State arising from marriage to an Irish national was received from the person concerned on 3 November 2014. Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in chronological order and currently take 6 to 9 months to process. It should be noted that marriage to an Irish national does not confer an automatic right of residence in the State.

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.