Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11245/11]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 387: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11247/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 and 387 together.

The person concerned entered the State on a C-Visit Visa on 18th September, 2008 and was granted permission to remain in the State until 19th October, 2008. The daughter of the person concerned wrote to the Immigration Division of my Department on 7th October, 2008 seeking, on behalf of her father, an extension of his permission to remain in the State. Following consideration of this request, my Department decided that her father's circumstances did not warrant an extension of his C-Visit Visa period and this position was conveyed in writing to the daughter of the person concerned by letter dated 12th January, 2009.

Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 18th February, 2009, 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 not have a Deportation Order made against him.

The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All representations submitted will be considered before the file is passed to me for decision. Once a decision has been made, this decision and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

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 386: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure followed to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if update of status will be provided in respect of stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11246/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned has, through her legal representative, applied for the renewal of her temporary permission to remain in the State which expired on 9th January, 2011. This application is currently under consideration in my Department. When a decision has been made on this application, the person concerned will be notified in writing of the decision and of the consequences of the decision.