Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate the issue of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39226/16]

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 is present in the State with their siblings and mother as a dependent of their non-EEA national father, who is the holder of a Green Card. I am informed by INIS that the correct Stamp for this person is a Stamp 3, which is the Stamp they currently hold as a dependent. As such the person in question does not have any entitlement to a Stamp 4. If they wish to take up employment in the State they will require a Work Permit to do so. The issuing of Work Permits is a matter for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

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 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 Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in questions where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.