Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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759. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to make an application for long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13344/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy submitted an application for Long Term Residency in November 2012. However, as the application did not satisfy the eligibility criteria, the application was refused, also in November 2012.

Long Term Residency is granted on the basis that non EEA national has completed five years legal residency on work permit/work authorisation/ working visa or green card permit conditions. The applicant must be deemed to be of good character. Additionally. all applicants must have permission to remain in the State at the time the application is submitted, and be in gainful employment throughout and after the application process. Residency is calculated from the corresponding Stamp1/Stamp 4 endorsements in an applicant's passport and not by the dates of commencement and expiry of each work permit/work authorisation/ working visa or green card permit.

It is open to any individual to lodge an application for Long Term Residency if and when they are in a position to meet the eligibility criteria. Full details of the qualifying criteria can be found on www.inis.gov.ie.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by email 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 email service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.