Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2012
340. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the nature and extent of additional documentation required and still outstanding in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55607/12]
View answerI refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Questions numbered 627 of 11th January 2012, 1261 of 18th September, 2012 and 198 of 29th November, 2012.
I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for one year in 2000 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children. This permission was renewed subsequently and the last renewal was valid to 1st September 2008, the expiry date on the passport of the person concerned.
I am informed that an application was received in the INIS on 23rd August 2012 from the solicitor of the person concerned to regularise her status in the State. I understand that a request was made for additional documentation on 5th October, 2012 by officials in INIS. However, I am informed that no response has been received to date. Upon receipt of the appropriate documentation, the case of the person concerned will be further examined and a decision made on her case. The additional documentation which was requested from the legal representative of the person included her current passport, two signed passport sized photographs, a letter from the Department of Social Protection as regards any social welfare benefits, a letter from her employer and payslips if she is in employment, and proof of her current address to include a tenancy agreement and utility bills.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
