The person concerned has had his permission to remain in the State renewed for a further one year period, to 4th January, 2012. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 2nd March, 2011.
I should remind the Deputy 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 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.