Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 June 2015
548. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if permission to remain under the Irish graduate programme will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21687/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy entered the State as a student on 30 July 2007 and registered on Student conditions on 17 August 2007. This permission expired on 29 November 2011. If this person has been present in the State since that date they have been unlawfully present. This would be in breach of Section 5(1) of the Immigration Act 2004 which provides that no non-national may be in the State other than in accordance with the terms of any permission given to him or her by or on behalf of the Minister. Furthermore Section 5(2) of the Act provides that a non Irish national who is in the State in contravention of subsection (1) is for all purposes unlawfully present in the State.
On 23 February 2015, this person applied for an extension of student conditions. This application is currently under review and there will be no unnecessary delay in the processing of this application.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to 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 INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
