Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2018
289. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the application by a person (details supplied) for family reunification will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4090/18]
View answerI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person in question made an application for family reunification under the provisions of the Refugee Act 1996 in February 2016. The case has been finalised and a decision letter issued to the applicant on 4 August 2017.
It is open to Irish citizens and those outside the International Protection process to apply for family reunification under the Non-EEA Policy Document on Family Reunification, which is available on the INIS website, www.inis.gov.ie.
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 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.
