Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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197. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a stamp 4 has been updated in line with employment requirements in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [25203/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The mother of the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in 2005, under the revised arrangements applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children born in the State before 1 January, 2005, more commonly know as the IBC/05 Scheme. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State in line with his mother's permission on a stamp 4 basis, in March 2008. This permission was subsequently renewed by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department.

I have been informed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) that the person concerned presented to them on 20 March, 2014 seeking a renewal of his registration. His permission was temporarily renewed by the GNIB for a three month period until 20 June, 2014, pending a decision by officials in the INIS on longer term permission. Following a review of his case file, a positive decision letter was issued by the INIS to the person concerned on 2 May, 2014, extending his permission to remain in the State until 30 April, 2017. I would advise the person concerned to now present to the GNIB to have his current permission registered.

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.