I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person referred to by the Deputy has a pending application for residency. Further clarifications have been sought and the application is receiving favourable attention. A decision will issue shortly.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility 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 from the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.