Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017
238. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a new application for residency status has been received from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42405/17]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, of my Department that the person concerned applied for residence permission and a right to work based on the person's parentage of an Irish citizen child on 24 April 2017. I understand that, due to an administrative error, INIS returned the application to the person concerned on 24 April 2017. INIS would like to apologise for this mistake.
I am further advised that the person concerned submitted a new application to INIS on 28 April 2017. However, this application was returned to the person concerned, as the application form and supporting documentation provided were incomplete. To date, INIS has not received a new application for permission to remain in the State based on parentage of an Irish citizen child from the person concerned.
If the person mentioned by the Deputy wishes to apply for permission to reside in the State on the basis of the person's parentage of an Irish citizen child, then it remains open to re-submit a fully completed application using the relevant parent of Irish citizen child application form and to forward it with the relevant information and supporting documentation to INIS.
I am further advised by INIS that a separate application for residency in accordance with the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 was submitted by the person concerned on 3 April 2017. As advised previously, this application is currently under consideration and a decision will issue in due course.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.
