Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have their GNIB number registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39166/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the applicant is currently in the State on a short stay ‘C’ visa for the purpose of a visit.

The maximum permitted stay on a 'C' visa is 90 days. Registration of permission to be in the State is required for non-EEA nationals who are resident in the State for longer than 90 days, in accordance with the Immigration Act 2004. Holders of short stay 'C' visit visas cannot stay in the State for longer than 90 days, therefore it is not the practice of INIS or the Garda National Immigration Bureau to register such individuals.

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 INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.