Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 644: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23195/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the daughter of the person referred to by the Deputy originally entered the State as part of a family of programme refugees who subsequently returned to Kosovo. Her parents were granted permission to reside in the State as an exceptional measure on a humanitarian basis following their return to the State in 2002. The daughter was granted permission to remain in line with that granted to her parents on stamp 4 conditions in January, 2011and her permission is currently valid until 30 December, 2011. The question regarding the qualification criteria for applications for Higher Education Grants is the responsibility of the Department of Education and Skills.

I would remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.