Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in respect of a request for long-term residency or update of Stamp 4 or permission to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10149/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the person mentioned entered the State on 19/01/2007 and was registered as a student until 22/03/2013.

All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under the "new immigration regime for full time non-EEA students which was published in September 2010 and has been in effect since 1 January 2011. These rules stipulate that non-EEA nationals may reside in Ireland as students, subject to the provisions of the new regime, for a maximum period of seven years. As this person arrived in the State in 2007 she is now classified as a timed out Student.

I am informed that an application was received for permission to remain in the State from the person mentioned on 08 July 2013. There are no undue delays in processing cases in this category involving 'timed-out' students; in many jurisdictions cases involving persons who entered as students and who seek to remain as permanent migrants are rejected automatically whereas in others, decisions can take many years to be finalised. I am advised that this case is being assessed on its merits and will be decided upon in the coming weeks.

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