Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28877/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 3 January, 2001 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005. This permission was renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 4 October, 2012.

Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that the individual referred to by Deputy submitted an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation in February 2005. It was established at the time of his application that he did not have the required 60 months reckonable residency, and as such his application was deemed ineligible. In a letter to the person dated 23 January 2007, he was informed that it had been determined that he might as of that date conform to the residency criteria. An application form to enable him to make a new application was included with the letter. However, there is no evidence that a new application was subsequently lodged.

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 service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.