Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an update of Stamp 4 and an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9774/15]

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 temporary permission to remain in the State on 24th August, 1999 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. This permission was renewed on an ongoing basis by the local Immigration Registration Office and is currently valid to 12th March, 2015. It will be open to the person concerned to attend at their local Immigration Registration Office with a view to having their permission to remain renewed for a further period.

I am also advised that a valid application for a Certificate of Naturalisation has been received from the person concerned. This application will be processed with a view to establishing whether the person concerned meets the statutory conditions for the granting of a Certificate of Naturalisation in areas such as good character and lawful residence. Once the necessary preparatory work has been completed, the file will be submitted to me for decision.

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.