Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 February 2013
200. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an application for residency will be authorised in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/13]
View answerThe Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) has no record of an application for permission to remain in the State in respect of the person concerned. I should add that INIS has no record of any visa application to enter the State in respect of the person concerned. Accordingly, as the person concerned is illegally in the State, INIS will be in contact with him, through his family members, regarding his future status in the State in the very near future.
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.
