Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, that the person referred to by the Deputy currently has an application pending for residency in the State, since 8 September 2017, arising from his marriage to an Irish national.  Applications of this type, in fairness to all other such applicants, are dealt with in chronological order and currently take 12 months to process.

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.