Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 304: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that there is no provision in the immigration system for the proper documentation of legally resident non-EU national children under the age of 16, his plans to undertake to have the system for documentation of legally resident non-EU national children under the age of 16 reviewed in order to entitle these non-EU immigrant children to a clear legal status here. [16471/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The current situation where non-EEA national children, under the age of 16, are not required to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau and do not receive any immigration documentation to authenticate their residence is being addressed by the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010, which the Government has restored to the Dáil order paper. The Bill in effect removes the current exemption in respect of those aged under 16.