Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures whereby a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can update their residency status in accordance with requirements for naturalisation, in view of the fact that their failure to do so was as a result of serious family illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12225/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 8th June, 2006 valid to 8th June, 2008, under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA national parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1st January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme.

On 8th June, 2008, further permission to remain in the State was granted to the person concerned, valid to 30th April, 2010.

On 7th May, 2011, the person concerned attended at her local Garda Registration Office seeking renewal of her permission to remain in the State. Given that her previous registration had lapsed for over 12 months, the person concerned was advised that she could not have her period of registration renewed without having obtained a formal renewal decision letter from my Department. As a result, the person concerned should now make a formal written renewal request to my Department, c/o the Irish Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INIS), PO Box 10003, Dublin 1. Upon receipt of any such renewal application, the case of the person concerned will be examined by the relevant Officials in my Department. 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 the 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.