Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2015
374. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status, or both, of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33111/15]
View answerI refer the Deputy to my response to Question No. 133 of 24th September, 2015, which is set out as follows. The position remains unchanged.
"If an application for asylum or subsidiary protection in the State has been received from the persons whose details were supplied, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until they have fully completed the protection process. All protection applicants are issued with a temporary residence permission pending a final decision on their application.
In the event that an applicant is finally determined not to be in need of protection or in instances where a protection application is withdrawn by the applicant, consideration may then be given to whether the persons should be granted leave to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds should they elect to pursue this option. I understand that the persons in question will shortly be contacted by my Department in relation to their options in this regard."
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.
