Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to remain as a de facto partner will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41140/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for a de facto permission based on a relationship with an Irish national. This application was received in the General Immigration Division of INIS on the 19 June 2012.

Applicants for this type of permission must be able to demonstrate a durable relationship which has been ongoing for at least two years. The onus remains on the applicant to provide dated documentary evidence of this relationship. With this in mind, the applicant was asked to provided dated documentary evidence to demonstrate the start of the relationship and additional documentary evidence to attest to an established relationship. These requests were sent on 10 August, 2012 and 10 September, 2012 respectively. The applicant has not yet provided a full response to these requests. The application will be processed further once the requested documents have been received.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of an application for residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41186/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy is under 16 years of age. In accordance with section 9 (6)(a) of the Immigration Act, 2004, a non-national under 16 years of age is not subject to the requirement to register with An Garda Síochána and to obtain a registration certificate.

When this person reaches 16 years, she should contact her local Garda Síochána registration office, to register her presence in the State. She will be issued with a registration card and appropriate permission to remain will be recorded in her passport.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of their application for residency, whose work permit finished in January 2012 but who has been in Ireland since 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41187/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 1215 of 18th September, 2012 which relates to the person the subject of this question also. In that reply I stated "the person referred to by the Deputy has permission to remain and work in the State until 6 January 2013. He has not contacted INIS in relation to an extension of permission to remain in the State beyond that date or to change the status of that permission."

This remains the position. The person referred to by the Deputy should make an application regarding an extension of his immigration permission, to the General Immigration Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

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.