Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if early GNIB appointments to obtain an appropriate stamp can be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47014/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that passengers at the port of entry, are granted a 90 day permission by the Immigration Officers to facilitate registration at the local immigration office relevant to where the person will be residing. In the case of residents of the greater Dublin area the registration office is located at INIS, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

I am further advised that due to the large volume of registrations processed by the Burgh Quay office all registrations are by appointment only. These appointments are available on the website www.burghquayregistrationoffice.gov.ie. The appointments issue on a rolling 7 week cycle and I would advise that the appointments for early January have not yet been issued. Additional appointments are issued daily Full details of the registration and appointment system can be found on the website www.inis.gov.ie.

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.