Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 1 December 2016, if the INIS letter which issued in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated with a view to a satisfactory resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3689/17]

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 it would appear that the person in question was outside the State when INIS issued its decision letter of 16 April, 2016 by registered post, to the applicant's last known address.

In my response to earlier Parliamentary Questions from the Deputy on 30 June, 2016 and on 01 December 2016, I advised the Deputy that the person in question should write to Unit 2, Residence Division, INIS and submit a full copy of their passport and that INIS would respond to them accordingly. However to date, INIS inform me that they have not received any correspondence from the person in question.

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 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.