Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19176/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned entered the State on 12th December 2005 and was registered as a student between 27th January 2006 and 16th January 2007.

It is noted that the person concerned has not made contact with the INIS Residence Division in respect of their position in the State, and there are no applications pending with INIS in respect of this person.

The person concerned has not had permission to remain in the State since 16th January 2007, and they should be aware that it is illegal under the Immigration Act 2004 to reside in the State without permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality. A person found guilty of such an offence is liable, under section 13 of the Immigration Act of 2004, to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. As the person in question does not have immigration permission to remain in the State, they are not entitled to work. Against this background, the person concerned should attend their local Garda National Immigration Bureau Office as soon as may be.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to 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 INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.