Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for an EU residence card as a spouse-partner of an EU national in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33460/16]

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 INIS wrote to the person concerned on 3rd September, 2016, at the address provided by the Deputy, advising that the application for a residence card under the Free Movement provisions was approved for a period of five years expiring on 2nd September, 2021. However, the correspondence was returned to INIS by An Post marked "gone away". Officials in INIS have advised that the correspondence was re-issued to the person concerned on 3rd November, 2016 at the address provided. In the event that there are any changes in circumstances, including change of address, the person concerned should inform INIS in writing.

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.