Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in progressing an application for change of status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25062/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I refer to my previous Parliamentary Question reply of 14 April 2016, in which I stated that I had been advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for change of status by the person concerned had been refused on 7 November 2014. While additional documentation was submitted to INIS subsequently, I would suggest that the person concerned write to INIS and update the Residence Division there as to their current overall situation, particularly as regards their family situation and future employment prospects.

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 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.