Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) in County Laois will be considered for a longer period than three months in future when the stamp fours are being issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28410/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the persons referred to by the Deputy were granted permission to remain in the State on 20 September, 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was renewed in 2007 for a 3 year period. However, since September 2010, this couple's permission has been renewed by GNIB on a three monthly basis due to ongoing enquiries into their respective cases. Their latest permission expired on 3 October 2011 and following consideration of their case files, INIS will be in contact with the couple concerned shortly regarding their future status in the State.

I would 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 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.