Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive a working visa here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33597/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the person concerned applied to EU Treaty Rights Unit to be treated as a Permitted Family Member of an EU Citizen based on their relationship to an EU Citizen sibling on 15 February 2016.

Following a consideration of the file, the application was refused on 02 December 2016 as they had failed to meet the criteria laid out under the Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2015.

The person concerned requested a review of the decision on 23 December 2016. It should be noted that there is a large volume of applications currently on hand and this review will be considered in due course.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.