Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
819. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of the status of a stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33263/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs background, the person's case is among a large number of cases held by INIS pending the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment in the Luximon and Balchand cases which was finalised on 24 April 2018. It is hoped that INIS will be in a position to consider the person’s situation shortly in the context of addressing issues which have arisen with a number of other applicants who entered the State within the same time period and who are in a similar position.
In this regard, the person’s request remains under active consideration and it may take some time to fully resolve the large number of cases involved so INIS would ask that the person concerned bear with them while these cases are worked through. INIS will be in contact with the person again when this work is finalised.
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.
