Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 31 March 2015 regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, an alternative procedure is available to the individual in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15132/15]

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 for one year in 2000 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. The permission was renewed subsequently until 1 September, 2008, the expiry date on the passport of the person concerned. Following a review of their case by the relevant officials in the INIS, their permission was renewed in 2013 until 11 February, 2015. As their current permission to remain in the State has expired, 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.

If the person concerned is experiencing difficulties in having their permission to remain renewed with their local Immigration officer it is open to the person concerned to make a written application, outlining her difficulties and including supporting documentation, for her case to be reviewed with the relevant officials in the INIS. Any such application should be addressed to; Residence Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service,13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

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.