Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15117/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for as long as they remain in the protection process. The position in this regard is in accordance with Section 19 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) which provides for the protection of the identity of asylum applicants.

Protection applicants are issued with a temporary residence permission pending a final decision on their application.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who, as directed, presented the relevant letter and national passport at that person's local Garda station, but was informed that this was not adequate to facilitate the update of an application for temporary permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15119/15]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who, as directed, presented the relevant letter and national passport at that person's local Garda station, but was informed that this was not adequate to facilitate the update of an application for temporary permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15120/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together.

I am informed by Officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a reminder letter issued to the Garda National Immigration Bureau on 15 April 2015 advising that the passports of the persons concerned could be endorsed with the appropriate permission to remain in the State pending a decision on their application for residence under the Free Movement provisions.

I would also refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 409 of Tuesday 31 March: the situation in relation to the substantive application is still as set out in that reply.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The 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 INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.