Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant temporary leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40841/14]

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 in question arrived in the State on 5 June 2011 and was registered as a student for three years on non degree courses, until 11 August 2014. All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under the "new immigration regime for full time non-EEA students" which was published in September 2010 and has been in effect since 1 January 2011. These rules stipulate that non-EEA students may reside in Ireland as students for a maximum period of seven years, where only the first three years are permitted on non degree and language courses.

If this person wishes to continue studying in the State, they must now be enrolled on a degree course before they can be registered again as a student in the State. If the person mentioned by the Deputy wishes to make an application for temporary permission to be in the State, they should be advised to make an application to INIS, as set out in my reply to parliamentary question no. 135 of 25 September 2014.

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 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.