Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22615/17]

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 the person mentioned by the Deputy made an application to INIS, at the beginning of February 2017, for permission to remain in the State, as the spouse of an Irish National and that this application is currently being processed. All applications are dealt with in strict chronological order; the processing time is currently approximately 12 months.

I wish to refer the Deputy to his previous Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 17334/17, which was answered on 4 April 2017. The position remains unchanged.

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.