Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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57. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status, or procedure to be followed to update or progress and regularise residency, in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32467/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned made an application for a residence card, under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 on 29 March, 2016.

I understand that INIS has now written to the legal representatives of the person concerned seeking additional information and documentation it considers necessary to process this application. INIS will consider the application further in light of an expected response to the matters raised and will be better placed, upon receipt of same, to indicate when a decision may issue in this case.

The Deputy will be aware that 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.