I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the individual in question has an application in the final stages of processing. Further documentation was requested recently and it is anticipated that a decision letter will issue shortly.
The Deputy will be aware 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 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 Parliamentary Question 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.