Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5145/17]

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 applied for a right of residency, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child. The application was received in the relevant Division of the INIS on 19 May 2015. After consideration of the case a decision letter to grant residency to the person concerned was issued by registered post on 25 January 2016. This correspondence was returned by An Post to the Department with an undelivered stamp marked " Gone Away". On receipt of communication from the person concerned the decision letter was re-issued by registered post on 9 December 2016 to their new address.

The Deputy may wish to note that 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 services 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 email 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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72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5147/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 168 which I answered on Tuesday, 17 January 2017. The person whose details were supplied was also the subject of that Question and I have included a copy of my response below.

With regard to the residency status and naturalisation of the person whose details were supplied, you will be aware that applicants for international protection are issued with a temporary residence certificate pending determination of their application.

The question of naturalisation does not currently arise in respect of the person whose details were supplied.

Parliamentary Question No. 168

Question

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application in the case of a person (details supplied) ; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Answer

If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection in the State, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until they have fully completed the protection process. This is in accordance with Section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015.

The International Protection Act 2015, which repealed the Refugee Act, 1996, was commenced on 31 December 2016 and introduced new arrangements for the investigation and determination of applications for International Protection (refugee status and subsidiary protection) and cases involving permission to remain in the State. Such applications will now be processed as part of a single application procedure by the International Protection Office.

As the Deputy may be aware, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) wrote to all applicants in December 2016 to advise them that, insofar as it is required under the transitional requirement in the 2015 Act, they (INIS) would be in touch with them in January 2017 if the new procedures in the 2015 Act applied to their existing application or appeal. Applicants were also advised that they might be asked at that time to provide additional information to assist in the processing of their application.