Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the right to work of non-EEA citizens here who are partners or spouses of Irish citizens. [21737/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to non-EEA nationals who have applied to come to Ireland or remain here by virtue of being a spouse or partner of an Irish national and not by any other basis. I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that immediate family members of Irish citizens who apply and are granted immigration status by INIS through the family reunification process have the right to work without employment permits and to establish or manage/operate a business in the State. They should receive a "stamp 4" immigration permission. Further details of the relevant Domestic Residence Schemes can be found on the INIS website under the heading of‘Family, spouses & partners’ at .

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.