Peter Fitzpatrick (Louth, Fine Gael)
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296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a response will issue in relation to a GNIB card for a person (details supplied) being frozen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23676/18]

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 referred to by the Deputy entered the State by way of a D-Join Family Visa as the de facto partner of an Irish National and was granted permission to remain at her local GNIB office on that basis.  As the person concerned has been registered as the de facto partner of an Irish national, the fee to acquire an Irish Residency Permit is payable.

Irish law does not recognise polygamous marriages, therefore, the marriage which was contracted on 14 October 2010 is not recognised under Irish law as the Irish national was not free to marry at that time. 

Details in relation to making an application for renewal of permission on the basis of a de facto relationship to an Irish National are available at www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/registration-renew-irish-defacto.

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.