Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 381: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32207/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that no application for residency or permission to remain in the State has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy. The Immigration Division of my Department has written to the person concerned asking for her future intentions in the State.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 382: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status and re-issue of green card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32208/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of Tuesday, 17 June 2008 and the written Reply to that Question. The person concerned applied for asylum on 8 April 2003. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 29 June 2005, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why he should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State. Representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned and will be fully considered, before the file is passed to me for decision.

In relation to the possible re-issue of a Green Card to the person concerned, the Deputy might wish to note that, according to my Department's records, the person concerned has never had legal residency in the State and, as such, he is not a person to whom a Green Card would ever have been issued.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 383: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the residency application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32209/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that they have recently been in contact with the person referred to by the Deputy in relation to their residency application.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32210/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned entered the State in May of 2005 on a Visa issued to enable him to join his father who had already been granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of his parentage of an Irish born child. Permission to remain in the State with stamp 4 status was subsequently granted to the person concerned by the Garda National Immigration Bureau for a period of two years, renewed for a further twelve month period expiring on 21 September, 2008. The person concerned was informed by the GNIB that in order to be granted any further renewal of his permission to remain, he must apply to my Department.

The records of my Department indicate that a renewal application has not been received. The person concerned should apply in writing to the IBC Unit, INIS, PO Box 10003, Dublin 2. An application in this regard will be considered by the relevant officials when received and the person concerned will be contacted directly and notified of any decisions made.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32211/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the person in question was granted permission to remain in the State in 2001, on the basis of his being the parent of an Irish citizen child. The person concerned currently has permission to remain in the State, under Stamp 4 conditions, until 22 September, 2010.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 386: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency status and update of stamp four in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32213/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the permission of the person in question to remain in the State under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme, has been renewed until 19th December, 2010. I have arranged for officials within my Department to re-issue the letter informing the person concerned of this decision.