Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to regularise their residency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20969/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that the person mentioned by the Deputy entered the State on foot of a Working Holiday Authorisation which expired on 23/04/2015.

The Working Holiday Authorisation which is issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs is available to young people from Australia who wish to stay in Ireland for an extended holiday and who are afforded the opportunity to work casually in order to fund their stay. It is granted for a duration of one year and is non renewable and the person is expected to leave the State on or before the expiration date.

Legal residency in this State is granted for a number of reasons including being the holder of a work permit, being a student in the State, or marriage to and Irish or EU national.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.