Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15737/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that a total of 16,693 applicants were granted permission to remain in the State, initially for a period of two years, under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 scheme. While applicants were of many nationalities, Nigeria, Romania and China were the most commonly represented. To date, over 14,000 applicants have been granted renewal of their IBC/05 permission for a further three years. In addition some 2,000 Romanian and Bulgarian citizens who were granted permission to remain in the State under the scheme, do not now have to apply to have their permission renewed.

The detailed information sought by the person concerned in relation to the housing, social welfare and medical card costs generated by the persons approved under the IBC/05 Scheme cannot be isolated and aggregated by the various government departments and agencies providing these services. Similarly, the taxes paid by persons approved under the Scheme are not computed separately. There is no IBC booklet as such. Details regarding the IBC/05 renewal scheme can be found on www.inis.gov.ie.