Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 November 2012
190. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, a resident here since 1997, whose application for renewal of their stamp 4 was refused on the basis of the loss of their Garda National Immigration Bureau card; the procedures to be followed in such circumstances as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50810/12]
View answerI refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 23 October, 2012 which is set out below. The position is unchanged since then. The onus is on the person concerned to present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to regularise his status in the State, which I am informed that he has failed to do up to the present date.
The permission to remain in the State of the person concerned expired on 8 September, 2012. As this person is now currently out of permission to remain in the State, he should attend the GNIB to register and to advise them of his misplaced GNIB card.
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. 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 INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.
