Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in respect of the issue of stamp 4 update in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17544/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 22 November, 2011 which is set out below. The position in respect of the issue of the stamp 4 is unchanged since then. However, I am advised that her permission to remain has expired since 22nd December, 2011 and in the circumstances, she should write to the IBC Unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service as soon as possible to regularise her status in the State.

I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is a dependant of non-EEA national parents of a child born in Ireland before 1 January, 2005 who were granted permission to remain in the State under the provisions of the IBC/05 Scheme. I am further advised that she was registered by the Garda National Immigration Bureau on stamp 2A conditions on 22 June, 2011 for a 6 month period. I should add that it is open to dependants at age 16 to seek permission to remain in the State on Stamp 4 conditions in line with that granted to their parents. In the circumstances, I would advise that the person concerned write to the IBC Unit of the INIS at PO Box 10003 to seek such permission.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by Email 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 this information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.