Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 February 2014
197. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding long-term residency-eligibility for permission to remain-naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been employed on foot of a work permit in this country for more than five years; the procedure to be followed to regularise their residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10155/14]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the immigration permission of the person mentioned expired on 14/9/2010. It would appear that he has remained here without the appropriate permission. This is in breach of Section 5 (1) of the Immigration Act 2004 which provides that no non-EEA national may be in the State other than in accordance with the terms of any permission given to him by/or on behalf of the Minister. Furthermore, Section 5(2) of the Act provides that a non-EEA national who is in the State in contravention of subsection (1) is for all purposes unlawfully present in the State.
The person concerned should immediately contact the General Immigration section of INIS or else he should leave the State.
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.
