Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to examination of residency credentials prior to determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34140/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy, currently does not have an application pending with General Immigration. This person arrived in the State on 27/09/2007 and was granted permission to remain in the State until 15th February, 2013. Since then, the person would appear to have remained here without the appropriate permission.

This is in breach of Section 5(1) of the Immigration Act 2004 which provides that no non-national may be in the State other than in accordance with the terms of any permission given to them by or on behalf of the Minister. Furthermore, Section 5(2) of the Act provides that a non-national who is in the State in contravention of subsection (1) is for all purposes unlawfully present in the State. The person is advised to contact their local registration officer, An Garda Síochána immediately. The new student pathway provisions on www.inis.gov.ie may be of assistance in any application the person may wish to make for further permission.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This services 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.