Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) and their four children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45365/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period, to 15 August 2022. This was communicated in writing by letter dated 21 August 2019.

Their family member aged 18 years also had their permission to remain in the State renewed for a further period, from 8 December 2019 to 15 August 2022. This was communicated in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 23 January 2020.

Both letters advised the persons concerned of the conditions attaching to their permission to remain and of the requirement to apply to their local immigration registration office for a further renewal of their permission to remain two weeks before their existing permission expires.

The family member who is aged 16 years held a Stamp 3 immigration permission, which was valid to 15 August 2022. Prior to the expiry of this permission, they should have applied for a renewal of temporary permission to remain in the State in their own right to:

The Acknowledgments Unit, Repatriation Division, Immigration Service, Department of Justice, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. To date no renewal request has been received from this person.

Based on the details provided by the Deputy, two of the dependent children of the person concerned would appear to be aged 14 years. Consequently, there is no requirement to register their permission at this time as they are under the age of 16 years. Once a non EEA national reaches 16 years of age while resident in the State, they are required to attend at their local immigration office to register their permission and to receive an Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card in their own right.

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