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 following table sets out the number of persons granted a residence card under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, on the basis of having been a member of the household of an EU citizen in the country of origin or country from which they have come, to join or accompany the EU citizen.

In the case of persons granted a residence card under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006, based on having been a member of the household of an EU citizen in the country of origin or country from which they have come to join or accompany the EU citizen, separate statistics were not maintained in a manner similar to that outlined for the 2015 Regulations above. These specific figures are contained within the overall figure of all EU Treaty Rights grant decision cases, processed from 2007 onwards for each year.

To extract the exact number of grants for the category requested by the Deputy from 2007 to 2015 would involve the use of a disproportionate amount of staff resources and time, that would adversely impact on the work of the office.

However, based on the trend outlined in the figures above, it is not unreasonable to conclude that the number of cases granted under the 2006 Regulations based on the membership of a household criteria, for each year, are of a similar scale to the information provided above.