Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in order to update their stamp 3 status, the person having arrived in this jurisdiction accompanied by their parents at age four; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7447/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is a sibling of an Irish born citizen child born in the State prior to 1 January, 2005, whose parents were granted permission to remain in the State in 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born citizen children. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on Stamp 3 conditions in 2011. I am informed that this permission is currently valid until 1 May, 2014.

I would advise the person concerned to make a written application for an extension and upgrade of his permission to remain in the State to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) c/o PO BOX 10003, Dublin 1. He should also enclose his original passport, two passport size photos, signed on the back, his original birth certificate and letters from school/college to prove continuous residency in the State with his application. Upon receipt of the appropriate documentation , his case will be examined by the relevant officials in the INIS and a decision communicated to him in due course.

Queries in relation to general immigration matters may be made directly to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department 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.