Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate an update of Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53596/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions numbered 627 of 11th January 2012, and 1261 of 18th September, 2012.

I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for one year in 2000 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children. This permission was renewed subsequently and the last renewal was valid to 1st September 2008, the expiry date on the passport of the person concerned.

I am informed that an application was received in the INIS on 23rd August 2012 from the solicitor of the person concerned to regularise her status in the State. I understand that a request was made for additional documentation on 5 October, 2012 by officials in the INIS. However, I am informed that no response has been received to date. Upon receipt of the appropriate documentation, the case of the person concerned will be further examined. Once all documentation required to enable a decision to be made is received a decision will be made on her case and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.