Written answers
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Department of Justice and Equality
Residency Permits
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her discretionary powers to facilitate a person (details supplied) Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25197/14]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for the two year period to 23rd April, 2016. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 23rd April, 2014. That communication advised the person concerned of the requirement that they 'register' at their local Immigration Registration Office, in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 (2) (a) of the Immigration Act 2004.
Section 9 (2) (a) of the Immigration Act 2004 states the following
".... a non-national shall comply with the following requirements as to registration:he or she shall, as soon as may be, furnish to the registration officer.......... and, unless he or she gives a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances which prevent his or her doing so, produce to the registration officer a valid passport or other equivalent document, issued by or on behalf of an authority recognised by the Government, which establishes his or her identity and nationality."Responsibility for the registration process referred to is vested in the Garda National Immigration Bureau, a dedicated Unit of An Garda Síochána with responsibility for immigration and border control matters. As a result, in the event that the person concerned cannot, in spite of their best efforts, obtain a national passport, they will need to present to their local Immigration Registration Office documentary evidence of the formal efforts they have made to obtain such a document. This, however, is a matter which must ultimately be resolved between the person concerned and their local Immigration Registration Office.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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.
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