Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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1375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an emergency travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if she will outline the process to apply for same; when an emergency document will issue if granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30849/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Travel Documents are processed by the Travel Documents Unit of my Department and are then printed by the Passport Office in the Department of Foreign Affairs. I can advise the Deputy that my Department has not yet received an application for the person concerned.

They can apply to the Travel Document Unit by completing and submitting a Travel Document Application Form, which is available online along with information on how to apply at: 

irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-join-family-in-ireland/applying-for-a-travel-document/.

The Deputy should be aware that the Travel Document Unit has recently experienced a very high volume of applications requiring processing and this has unfortunately had a negative impact on processing times. The recent pandemic has also contributed to difficulties. Efforts are being made to process applications as quickly as possible and these include the provision of additional staff to the Unit and the roll out of replacement technology.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie) 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 is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.