Clare Daly
Question:71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the application by a person (details supplied). [36478/16]
View answerWednesday, 23 November 2016
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the application for family reunification in respect of the person concerned was referred to the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended). The report of the ORAC investigation has recently been received in this case and is being processed by the Family Reunification Section of INIS. Once a report is received from ORAC it takes on average six months to finalise the application. In the interest of fairness to all applicants, applications received are dealt with in chronological order.
The Deputy may wish to note that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been established specifically 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 INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.