Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when residency status will be decided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the family's position will be regularised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Long Term Residency section of my Department that the person named by the Deputy in the details accompanying his Question was granted Long Term Residency on 10 March 2011 for a period of 5 years. This particular permission to remain does not extend to the person's dependants.

Records in my Department indicate that the second and third reference numbers referred to in the details accompanying the Deputy's Question, relate to the named person's adult son and daughter.

The named person's son contacted my officials through a solicitor in relation to his residence in the State and was instructed to contact his local immigration office to register with An Garda Síochána and obtain permission to remain in the State. There is no record of him having done so to date. This is in breach of the Immigration Act 2004 and various orders made thereunder. The named person's son has failed to register in the State since 22 November 2010 and consequently is illegally present here. He should immediately contact INIS in relation to his residence in the State. The named person's daughter has permission to remain in the State on student conditions until 1 April 2012.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by e-mail 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 539: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status and entitlement to same in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for an initial 2 year period on Stamp 4 conditions from 4 October, 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA national parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. I am informed that the permission to remain granted was renewed in 2008 and in 2010, and is currently valid until 20 February, 2014.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail 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.