Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if residency will be updated or extended in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17855/19]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware from my response in September last year that it was open to the person concerned to write to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department in relation to their request for permission to reside in this State.  I understand there is no record of correspondence from the person concerned and it would appear the person's presence in the State is unlawful.

The Deputy will appreciate that, under the relevant provisions of the Immigration Act, 2004, a non-national may not be in the State other than within the terms of a permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality. In order to allow for a full examination of the person's circumstances the person concerned should to write to Unit 2, Domestic Residence and Permissions Division, INIS, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 without delay and provide a detailed account, including documentary evidence, of their personal circumstances since the expiration of their permission to reside in this State.

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.