Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a holiday visa will be extended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15187/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that there is no record of the person referred to by the Deputy as having contacted them. In general, a person who enters the State as a visitor may be given permission by an immigration officer to remain for a period of up to 90 days. If the person concerned wishes to seek an extension to their period of permission to remain in the State she should contact the General Immigration Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), Department of Justice and Equality, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. All applications are dealt with in chronological order.

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