Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of any progress in the context of regularisation of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who has lived and worked in this jurisdiction for more than five years, during the course of which this person paid the relevant taxes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39937/15]

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, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned.

These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered, under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement, in advance of a final decision being made.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when updated stamp 4 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who previously had stamp 4 status for up to 15 years, during which time he was in full-time legitimate employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39938/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person in question was granted Long-Term Residency permission on 9 September 2010. This permission expired on 9 September 2015. I am further advised that by letter dated 10 July 2014, INIS wrote to the person concerned seeking clarification of a number of issues which may impact on any future renewal of this permission. I am informed that to date no response has been received to this request.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has received the information sought by way of correspondence dated 5 November 2015 which would appear to indicate that the information referred to, which was already submitted some months previously, has not been received in the case of a person (detail supplied) in Dublin 24; if the matter will be reviewed with some urgency, given the person's responsibility to the person's child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39939/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy has two separate applications under consideration with INIS. I understand the person concerned was initially granted permission to remain in the State for a period of five years from 26 July 2010, on the basis that they were the spouse of an EU citizen who was residing and in exercise of his EU Treaty Rights in the State in accordance with the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 as amended.

On 25 July, 2015, the person made an application for retention of this permission to reside in the State, on an individual and personal basis, arising from a change in their personal circumstances. This application is currently under consideration by INIS and it expects to be in a position to contact her with a decision by end of the year.

I am also advised that the person concerned made a separate application, on 18 August, 2015, for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on her parentage of an Irish child. I understand that INIS wrote to the person concerned on 5 November, 2015 seeking additional information in respect of this application. I understand that some of the information sought by INIS was provided but that further information was requested on 10 November, 2015. INIS will consider the application further on receipt of the information concerned.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department has received the required correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39942/15]

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 permission to remain in the State, on a Stamp 4 basis, until 9 November, 2018 on the basis of parentage of an Irish citizen child. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person by letter dated 9 November, 2015.

The Deputy will be aware that 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.