Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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158. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in offering long-term residency to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if provision will be made for the person to reside here on a temporary or long-term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29417/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that this person applied for and was issued with a multi-entry visa, valid from 16 December 2014 until 31 October 2015. This person had also been issued with two previous short-term visas. These applications were made in the visa office in London. This person is currently a student in the UK. Should this person wish to extend their current visitor's permission in the State, they should write to Unit 2, Residence Division in INIS, outlining the extenuating circumstances under which this permission should be extended.

Short Stay C visa holders cannot make an application for residency in the State arising from a De Facto relationship with an Irish national. If this person wishes to reside here as the partner of an Irish national, they should apply from their current habitual place of residence for the appropriate long stay D type visa to suit their intentions. 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.