Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process to be followed by a person (details supplied) to extend their visa, which is required for employment purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43415/23]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an EU treaty rights application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43424/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 297 together.

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 is currently under consideration by my Department. My officials will correspond with the person concerned if further documentation or information is required.

A letter was issued to the person referred to, to obtain a temporary permission to remain in the State pending the outcome of their review. This issued on 8 September 2023 and is valid to 31 January 2024. This permission is for the duration of the review only, and it should not be considered to be an acknowledgement that this person has a right of residence under EU Treaty Rights. This will be decided in due course when the Review Officer makes a decision on the case.

Applications are dealt with in strict chronological order, and a decision will issue to the applicant in due course. While every effort is made to process these applications as soon as possible, processing times will vary having regard to the volume of applications received, their complexity, the possible need for the EU Treaty Rights office to seek further information in relation to the application and the resources available to process them. Although it is not possible at the present time to provide a definitive date by which a decision will be reached in this case, the Deputy can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in completing same.

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.