Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 January 2019
400. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that can be taken to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if temporary residency status can issue in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54118/18]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it would appear that the person's presence in the State is unlawful. INIS has no record of a request for permission to reside in respect of the person concerned.
The Deputy will appreciate that, under the relevant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2004, a non-national may not be in the State other than within the terms of a permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality.
In order to allow for a full examination of the individual circumstances, the person concerned should write to Unit 2, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division, INIS, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 and provide a detailed account and documentary evidence of their personal circumstances since their arrival in this State.
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.
