Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be upgraded from stamp 3 to stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37155/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Question Nos. 527 of the 12th January 2011 and 134 of 15th September 2011 (the most recent reply is attached). The position remains as stated.

As I have already informed the Deputy in both replies to his earlier Questions, the person concerned, who has been granted long term residency as a dependant, needs to have completed a minimum of five years (60 months) reckonable residency in the State under work permit conditions, before she qualifies to apply for long term residency in her own right. I wish to remind the Deputy and the person concerned that she is not permitted to work without a work permit on the basis of being granted long term residency as a dependant.

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. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail system.