Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30501/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State on 16 November, 2005 for 2 years 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 was renewed in 2007 for a 3 year period and again in 2010. It is currently valid up to 19 January, 2012.

I should add that officials in the Citizenship Division of INIS have informed me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy.

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 specially 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 189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when residency will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30502/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned, a Romanian national, was granted permission to remain in the State on 10th October, 2005 under the Revised Arrangements applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1st January, 2005, more commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was valid for a two year period, to 10th October, 2007.

Following Romania's accession to the EU on 1st January, 2007, there was no requirement on the person concerned to apply to have her permission to remain in the State renewed on its expiry in 2007 given that, by then, she was an EU citizen. Additionally, as a person who held a right of residency in the State on 1st January, 2007, assuming that she continued to reside in the State on that date, she would have been exempt from the work permit requirements applicable to newly arriving Romanian nationals and those who held no right of residency in the State on 1st January, 2007.

Essentially if the person concerned has been continuously resident in the State since being granted permission to remain then she would still be exempt from work permit requirements. 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 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 190: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when residency will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned, a Romanian national, was granted permission to remain in the State on 18th October, 2005 under the Revised Arrangements applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1st January, 2005, more commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was valid for a two year period, to 18th October, 2007.

Following Romania's accession to the EU on 1st January, 2007, there was no requirement on the person concerned to apply to have his permission to remain in the State renewed on its expiry in 2007 given that, by then, he was an EU citizen. Additionally, as a person who held a right of residency in the State on 1st January, 2007, assuming that he continued to reside in the State on that date, he would have been exempt from the work permit requirements applicable to newly arriving Romanian nationals and those who held no right of residency in the State on 1st January, 2007. Essentially if the person concerned has been continuously resident in the State since being granted permission to remain then he would still be exempt from work permit requirements.

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 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.