Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if family reunification will be allowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare whose guardian in their homeland has passed away and whose well-being may be under threat; if arrangements can be made to facilitate reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/11]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that family reunification is permitted only in cases involving persons who have been granted either refugee status or subsidiary protection, and the person to whom he refers is not in this category. As I have informed the Deputy on many previous occasions, the granting of permission to remain under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in the State prior to 1 January, 2005, known as the IBC/05 Scheme, does not confer any entitlement or legitimate expectation on any other person, whether related to the person granted permission or not, to enter the State. All applicants to the Scheme signed an undertaking to this effect both in 2005 and on renewal in 2007. I should add that while the circumstances of this individual case, as outlined by the Deputy, are a matter of concern to me, more detailed information is required from the mother of the child concerned. I should also point out that it would appear to be open to her to return to Nigeria to take care of her daughter.

If the Deputy wishes to provide additional information I would remind him 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 140: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/11]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to is the subject of a Family Reunification application made in March 2009. I am further informed that INIS will be writing out to the legal representative of the person referred to shortly. INIS are also currently awaiting an inter-departmental report which once received will form part of the consideration of the 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.