Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 November 2014
285. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45176/14]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, following the consideration of their case under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was granted discretionary permission to remain in the State on 15th May, 2013, for an initial, and renewable, one year period, valid to 15th May, 2014. This permission to remain was renewed for a further two years on 15th May, 2014, valid to 14th May, 2016. The initial permission to remain decision letter, and the permission to remain renewal decision letter, issued to the person concerned explicitly stated that this permission did not confer any entitlement or legitimate expectation on any other person, whether related to them or not, to enter or remain in the State.
The Deputy might wish to note that access to family reunification is confined to persons recognised as refugees or with subsidiary protection status. The person concerned holds neither status.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.
