Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the current and expected position in respect of residency and procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State for a three year period, valid to 19 February 2012. This decision was conveyed in writing to her by letter dated 19 February 2009. This position still obtains.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35629/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 21 September 2010, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of her asylum claim and her application for subsidiary protection, and a detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended).

The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when stamp four will be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35630/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person concerned was granted long term residency on 5 August 2009. As this person is in the State as a dependant of her husband, she was granted a Stamp 3, which is the appropriate stamp in her case.

If it is the case that this person wishes to work in the State, a prospective employer must first obtain a work permit in respect of her. If her husband holds a valid work permit/work authorisation, she may be eligible for a spousal dependant work permit. The issuing of Work Permits is a matter for the Work Permits Division of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Innovation, Davitt House, Adelaide Rd., Dublin 2. Further information is available at: www.deti.ie

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if and when a travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if he will set out precisely the procedures to be followed in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35631/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Travel Document Unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the person referred to in the Deputy's question has been granted as an exceptional measure, temporary permission to remain in the State until 12 May 2011. I am advised by INIS that the holding of this permission does not extend to the issuance of a temporary travel document.

In exceptional cases an application for Irish temporary travel document may be considered in respect of qualifying non Irish nationals who are resident in Ireland. In all such cases, INIS must be satisfied that there is no alternative open to the applicant before an Irish temporary travel document will issue. The person concerned has to show that they have made reasonable and formal efforts to obtain a national passport, that it has been formally and unreasonably refused and that their own consular authorities are unable to offer consular assistance to them whilst resident in the State.

The INIS informs me that the person concerned has had two recent applications for Irish temporary travel documents refused on 02 September 2010 and 23 September 2010. He was advised on both occasions to contact his own consular authorities to establish the procedures to be followed which would allow for him to procure a national passport whilst resident in this State without the assistance of the Irish authorities. It is open to the person in question to submit a new application for a temporary travel document accompanied by the relevant supporting documentation to the Travel Document Unit of INIS which is located at 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. Full information in this regard and the applicable application form is available at www.inis.gov.ie

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made direct 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the residency status of the person referred to by the Deputy is currently in permission on "work Permit" conditions, valid to 11 October 2010. I have also been informed that there is no record of an application having being received from the person in question. They should be advised to write to the General Immigration Division of my Department, which is located at 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, providing full details and documentation regarding their application.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35633/10]

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 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was renewed recently and is currently valid until 11 August 2013.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the procedure to be followed to regularise residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35634/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person to whom the Deputy refers arrived in Ireland in 1997 along with his mother. His mother was granted permission to remain in the State under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of children born in the State. I should add that a minor child is covered by the permission granted to his parent once he is resident with the parent in the State. On reaching the age of sixteen, a child is required to register in his own right with the Garda National Immigration Bureau having obtained the permission of the Minister to do so. Accordingly, I would advise the person concerned, on reaching 16 years of age, to write to the Irish Immigration and Naturalisation Service, PO Box 10003, Dublin 1, requesting permission to remain in the State as a dependent of a parent who has been granted permission to remain in the State.

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 .

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position in respect of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35635/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position in respect of a residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35636/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned arrived in the State on 21 August 2003 and applied for asylum. The Refugee Applications Commissioner refused her a declaration of refugee status. It was determined that she was not eligible for Subsidiary Protection. A Deportation Order was made in respect of her on 11 June 2009.

The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 15 July 2009 challenging the Deportation Order made in respect of her and accordingly, as the matter is sub judice, I do not propose to comment further. 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position in respect of residency status and progress on family reunification application in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35637/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my previous replies to Parliamentary Questions in this matter. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to made a Family Reunification application in January 2006. A decision in this case was issued to the person referred to on the 11th July 2008 enclosing original documentation submitted in support of their application. This decision letter was returned to INIS by An Post. The decision letter was reissued on 28th July 2008 and was again returned to INIS. I am further informed by INIS that the person referred to notified INIS on 9th March 2009 that he had changed address and the decision of 11th July 2008 was reissued to him at the new address provided. No further documentation has been received to date. It is open to the person in question to make a new application in respect of his family members.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.