Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) is eligible to be a dependant of their daughter, who has stamp 4 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32466/16]

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 in question was registered in the State on 29 November 2016 as a student and currently has permission to be here on Stamp 2 student condition until 21 January 2018 to allow her the opportunity to find a work permit based employment.

Under the Family Reunification Policy, the details of which are outlined on our websitewww.inis.gov.ie, the sponsor should familiarise themselves with the qualifying criteria. One of the conditions to be met is that the sponsor will be required to have earned in Ireland, each of the 3 years preceding the application, an income after tax and deductions of not less than €60k in the case of one parent. Also, given the age of the person mentioned, they would not qualify as an Elderly Dependent parent under this policy, as she is in the State in her own right as a student.

The Deputy may wish to note that 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.