Written answers

Thursday, 16 June 2022

Department of Justice and Equality

Residency Permits

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent review of a residency card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31632/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy lodged a review application in respect of their EU Treaty Rights application decision on 28 September 2021. This application was examined in detail and a decision was made to uphold the decision to refuse their EU Treaty Rights application on 27 April 2022. Reasons for the refusal are outlined in the refusal letter.

As this person's EU Treaty Rights application is now closed this case has now be forwarded to the Repatriation Unit of my Department for further processing. The Repatriation Unit will be in contact with the person concerned in due course.

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.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent review of their residency card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31633/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy lodged a review application in respect of their EU Treaty Rights application decision on 28 September 2021. This application was examined in detail and a decision was made to uphold the decision to refuse their EU Treaty Rights application on 27 April 2022. Reasons for the refusal are outlined in the refusal letter.

As this person's EU Treaty Rights application is now closed this case has now be forwarded to the Repatriation Unit of my Department for further processing. The Repatriation Unit will be in contact with the person concerned in due course.

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.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent review of a residency card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31634/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy lodged a review application in respect of their EU Treaty Rights application decision on 28 September 2021. This application was examined in detail and a decision was made to uphold the decision to refuse their EU Treaty Rights application on 27 April 2022. Reasons for the refusal are outlined in the refusal letter.

As this person's EU Treaty Rights application is now closed this case has now be forwarded to the Repatriation Unit of my Department for further processing. The Repatriation Unit will be in contact with the person concerned in due course.

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.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent review of a residency card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31635/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy lodged a review application in respect of their EU Treaty Rights application decision on 28 September 2021. This application was examined in detail and a decision was made to uphold the decision to refuse their EU Treaty Rights application on 27 April 2022. Reasons for the refusal are outlined in the refusal letter.

As this person's EU Treaty Rights application is now closed this case has now be forwarded to the Repatriation Unit of my Department for further processing. The Repatriation Unit will be in contact with the person concerned in due course.

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.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an urgent review of a residency card can be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31636/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy lodged a review application in respect of their EU Treaty Rights application decision on 28 September 2021. This application was examined in detail and a decision was made to uphold the decision to refuse their EU Treaty Rights application on 27 April 2022. Reasons for the refusal are outlined in the refusal letter.

As this person's EU Treaty Rights application is now closed this case has now be forwarded to the Repatriation Unit in my Department for further processing. The Repatriation Unit will be in contact with the person concerned in due course.

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.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31640/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Applications for naturalisation and general queries in respect of same are dealt with in chronological order by date received.

When applications for a certificate of naturalisation are received by the Citizenship Division of my Department, they are subject to an initial check/examination. Citizenship Division is currently completing initial checks on applications received in December 2021.

On completion of the initial checks, my Department will contact the applicant to assign them an application number and issue an acknowledgment to the address given at the time of making the application.

I am deeply conscious of how important the granting of naturalisation is to those who apply for it and my Department has continued to accept and process citizenship applications throughout the pandemic and during all levels of public health restrictions.

However, the combined impact of the 2019 High Court judgment in the Jones case, the necessary health restrictions arising from the pandemic, and my Department's response to the Ukraine crisis has regrettably resulted in the processing time for standard applications increasing.

However, my Department is taking a number of steps to speed up the processing of applications and a number of digitisation measures have also been introduced to increase efficiency in the process, including eTax clearance, eVetting and online payments. The end result of the digitisation process will be to free up more staff to focus on processing applications in a timely and efficient manner, to improve service to our customers and reduce waiting times.

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