Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure a person (details supplied) must follow under the residency scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16614/16]

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 the person mentioned by the Deputy does not have an application pending with INIS for permission based on being the spouse of an Irish Citizen.

If the person concerned is anon visa required national who has entered the State legally within the last 90 days or if they are a visa required national and within the period of permission to remain granted to them on arrival in the State (except short stay ‘c’ visas):, or if they have current permission to remain in the State on an alternative basis, both the person concerned and their Irish national spouse should attend at their local Garda National Immigration Bureau Registration office. Full information in this regard is available at"www.inis.gov.ie".

If the person concerned does not have current permission to remain in the State, it is open to the person in question to submit an application for permission to remain as the spouse of an Irish National. Full information in this regard and the applicable application form is available at "www.inis.gov.ie".

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been 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 Question 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.