Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status or an extension to the current visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5843/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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In April 2019, as an exceptional measure, the person referred to by the Deputy was granted a further period of permission for 10 months, subject to certain conditions. They were advised of this by letter dated 2 April 2019, and informed that this permission could not be extended by local immigration authorities.

The person concerned was further advised to contact the Immigration Service of my Department a few weeks prior to the expiry of their permission and to furnish a number of documents with any request for further permission, namely:

- Copy of passport (all pages) and proof of address (for example, tenancy agreement/rental book);

- Evidence of employment (for example, recent payslips and contract of employment) or self-sufficiency;

- Proof of finances (for example, bank statements for a period of not less than 3 months); and

- Evidence of medical insurance for the person concerned and their dependants and payment of same.

My Department has not received the requested documents and the person should write to the EU Treaty Rights Unit without delay. Any queries can also be made directly to the EU Treaty Rights Unit 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 (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie), 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.