Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reveiw the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33378/16]

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 an appeal in respect of the application referred to is currently under consideration by the Visa Office in Dublin. The sponsor has been asked to provide information necessary to support the application as set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification and to which all applicants for this category of visa are referred. Once the required documents have been received by the Visa Office, a thorough examination of the appeal will be undertaken and a decision will issue in due course.

The Deputy may wish to note that 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 the 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.

In addition, applicants may themselves e-mail queries directly to the INIS Visa Office (visamail@justice.ie).