Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a change of status in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50680/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the persons referred to by the Deputy have no permission to remain in the State. Their permission to remain in the State on Stamp 2 (student) permission was renewed on 2 February, 2012 until 31 July, 2012 for the purpose of allowing a member of the family to complete the Junior Certificate examination and to enable the family to finalise their affairs in Ireland before returning to their country of origin. However, I am informed that an application for a Change of Status from the persons referred to by the Deputy has been received by INIS and is being considered. I understand that a decision on the application is due to issue shortly.

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.