Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
1041 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress made to date in determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 who is anxious to obtain employment but cannot due so due their current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32649/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to is the subject of a Family Reunification application made in April 2010.
The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996.
This investigation was completed in June 2010 and a report was forwarded to INIS. Applications are currently taking approximately 18 months to process.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.
