Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the asylum application of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41327/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has no application pending for asylum. The person concerned has had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further one-year period to 16 December 2017. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by registered post dated 14 December 2016.

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.