Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 28 February 2013, (details suppled) if arrangements will be made for the regularisation of their position in line with other family members; if arrangements will be made for update of Stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23588/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that having checked with both the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) and Visas Division in INIS, there is no record of the person concerned entering the State in 2007 or applying for a visa to do so. Accordingly, he is without permission to be in the State at present. However, given the unusual family circumstances involved, I intend to seek further details from his aunt as to the manner in which he entered the State and his future plans prior to making a determination on his future status in the State. The Deputy should note that the position in the State of the person concerned is not such as would bring any entitlement to family reunification, a facility which is only available to persons recognised as refugees or with Subsidiary Protection status.

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.