Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44038/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 4 October, 2012 which is set out below.

The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 2002, under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission was renewed on a regular basis by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) and is valid currently valid until 28 January, 2014.

I am advised by the Citizenship Division of INIS that there is no record of an application for a certification of naturalisation having been received from the person referred to in the Deputy's question.

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.