Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to regularisation of their status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, if the person concerned has made an application for international protection in the State, it would not be the practice to comment on it until it had fully completed the protection process. This is in accordance with section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015, which provides for the protection of the identity of protection applicants.

The INIS has a body of cases which will be dealt with in turn as soon as possible, after which the applicants can expect to hear about the status of their applications.

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 might 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.