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Citizenship Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 May 2012

Tuesday, 1 May 2012

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Jack Wall

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496 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a green card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/12]

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The parents of the person concerned were granted permission to remain in the State in 1999 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission is currently valid until 11 June, 2013. I understand that the person concerned entered the State on the same date as her mother. Given that she is currently over 16 years of age, in line with current legislation, I would advise that she, through her parents, contact her local Garda Immigration Officer as soon as possible in order to regularise her status in the State by means of formally registering with the Garda National Immigration Bureau. In the unlikely event that she encounter any difficulties in this regard, I would advise that she should write to the Irish National Immigration Service (INIS), PO Box 10003, Dublin 2, to seek such permission.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive parliamentary Questions process.

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