Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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418. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will restore the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/17]

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 for a residence card as a family member of an EU citizen on 11 May 2011, stating that they had married a British citizen in the State on 21 January 2011. Following a consideration of their application, the person concerned was provided with a residence card as a family member of an EU citizen on 10 November 2011.

I understand from INIS that it later came to light that the spouse of the person concerned had relocated to the UK in February 2014 and was residing and working in that jurisdiction. As it was apparent that the spouse of the person concerned was not exercising their EU Treaty Rights in the State, the person concerned was informed on 18 October 2016 that their residence card had been revoked.

The person concerned requested a review of this decision on 2 November 2016. This review will be considered in due course, and there will be no avoidable delay in the consideration of same. Any further documentation or information submitted by the person concerned will be considered at that time.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by email 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 email service except in cases where the response from the INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.