Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 14 May 2009, the reason that a card was taken by the immigration service and not returned or renewed when the applicant presented for renewal of stamp 4; when the application for renewal was made the process was stopped and has not progressed since; if he will outline the procedure to be followed in view of the fact that the expired card has been retained by the authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24059/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the person to whom he refers was granted permission to remain in the State in March of 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish citizen children. The most recent permission to remain granted to the person in question expired on 6 April, 2009.

I am informed that the person concerned presented at the offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on 2 February, 2010 but was not in possession of a valid passport and was unable to provide satisfactory evidence of having been continuously resident in the State. Consequently, the person in question was advised to write to my Department at INIS, PO Box 10003, Dublin 2, but, to date, has failed to do so. I am further advised that as the registration card issued by the GNIB to the person concerned, and which she presented on 2 February, 2010 had expired, it was retained by GNIB in accordance with standard procedures.

The person concerned is advised to contact my Department at the address provided in order to clarify the issues raised with her by the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Any correspondence received will be assessed by the relevant officials and the person concerned will be contacted directly and informed of any decisions made regarding her status in the State.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for stamp 4 submitted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24068/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Officials in the Long Term Residency section of my Department inform me that a decision issued to the person concerned on 12 May 2010.