Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when same can expect to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51153/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The persons referred to by the Deputy created on-line Short Stay 'C' visa applications on 11 July 2022. The supporting documentation was subsequently received in the Paris office on 23 August 2022 and forwarded to our Dublin Visa Office for further processing .

Processing of the applications is ongoing at present.  As each application is examined on its own merits, we are unable to give an exact time-frame for completion.  However, the applicants can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in finalising their applications.

The Visa office Dublin are currently processing applications of this type received on the 26 August 2022. Applicants can keep up-to-date with the dates the Visa Office in Dublin are processing by checking the following page which is updated each Tuesday: 

www.irishimmigration.ie/visa-decisions/

Applicants are advised not to pay for airline or other travel tickets without having first been issued with a visa. The persons referred to by the Deputy will be notified as soon as a decision has been reached by a Visa Officer.

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.