Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2018
294. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, renewal will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48933/18]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has applied for the renewal of their permission to remain which expired on 9 February 2018. I am also advised that the process of having this application completed has been complicated, and delayed, by the continuing failure of the person concerned to provide definitive, reliable, documentary evidence to attest to their identity and nationality.
I am further advised that once the relevant personnel in the INIS have satisfied themselves as to the identity and nationality of the person concerned, detailed consideration can be given to their application for renewal of permission to remain.
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.
