Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39973/17]

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 person concerned applied for residence permission and a right to work based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child on 24 April 2017.  I understand that, due to an administrative error, INIS returned the application to the person concerned on 24 April 2017. 

I am further advised that the person concerned submitted a new application to INIS on the 28 April 2017.  However, this application was returned to the person concerned as the application form and supporting documentation provided were incomplete. INIS has received no further correspondence and has no record of any correspondence being issued to the person concerned on the 1 August 2017.

I am also advised that if the person concerned wishes to apply for permission to reside in the State on the basis of their parentage of an Irish citizen child, then it remains open to them to resubmit a fully completed application using the relevant parent of Irish citizen child application form and to forward it with the relevant information and supporting documentation to INIS.

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

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed to facilitate travel outside Ireland at the end of October 2017 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39976/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned currently does not have a valid national passport. The onus is on each individual to obtain a national passport in order to travel outside Ireland.

It is open to the person concerned to seek a passport from her own national authorities; the issue or renewal of a passport in such circumstances is essentially a matter between the citizen and the relevant national authorities concerned. Ireland does not impose systematic immigration checks on those leaving the State and the conditions of entry into another State is a matter for the authorities of the State concerned.

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