Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all required information has been submitted to the relevant section of his Department by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46422/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that no record of a visa application can be found based on the information provided. If the Deputy can provide further information including a visa application reference number, I will ask officials to enquire further.

In the meantime, the Deputy will be aware that detailed information on the circumstances in which a person can seek to sponsor a family member to join them in the State is set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification available on the INIS website at . Guidelines on visa requirements for travel to Ireland and on how to apply for particular types of visas are available on the INIS website. Intending applicants are advised to read this information carefully.

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.

In addition, applicants may themselves e-mail queries directly to .