Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
359. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the documentation that can be supplied to progress an application by a person (details supplied) apart from documents already supplied and an email submitted in response to correspondence dated 21 April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8826/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) of my Department that the person concerned made an application on 1 October 2019, for permission to remain in the State as a de facto partner of an Irish national. The Deputy will appreciate that in the interests of fairness to all applicants, applications are dealt with in chronological order.
I understand that the application, as well as the email received by the Immigration Service on 2 May 2020, is currently under consideration and the person concerned will be contacted in due course.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email 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 Question process. The Deputy may consider using the email service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
