Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5926/21]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A decision on the citizenship application of the person referred to by the Deputy was issued by the Immigration Service of my Department on 10 February 2017. It is open to the applicant to make a further application for citizenship. However, any new application should address the issues outlined to the applicant at that time.

The person concerned has had a permission to remain in the State based on their parentage of an Irish Born Child until 1 February 2021. To ensure that people do not fall out of permission during the Covid-19 pandemic, six automatic extensions of immigration permissions have been provided, the most recent to 20 April 2021.  This automatic extension applies in the case of the person referred to by the Deputy and the renewal of the permission is on the same basis as the existing permission and the same conditions attach.

The extension provides applicants with the necessary time to make arrangements with the Immigration Service in Dublin or An Garda Síochána outside Dublin to ensure that their registrations are renewed in the normal way by that date. I encourage people to do so at the earliest opportunity and not to wait until April 2021. 

All renewals in the Dublin area are being processed online only since 20 July 2020, at: . Renewals outside of the Dublin area are processed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau through the Garda Station network.  Information is available at:

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to 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 is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.