281 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the criteria for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) who wishes to return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34531/10]

283 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the criteria for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) who is currently living in Kazakhstan and married to an Irish citizen who wishes to return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34565/10]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 281 and 283 together.

Marriage to an Irish national does not confer an automatic right of residence in the State. A non EEA national who wishes to reside in the State on the basis of their marriage to an Irish national must make an application for permission to remain in the State. Such applications for residency will only be considered from applicants who are resident in the State at the time of application.

The person referred to by the Deputy should make an application for the appropriate visa to enter the State via the visa online application system currently hosted on the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) website. Full information surrounding the correct procedures to be followed in respect of lodging a visa and residency application on the basis of marriage to an Irish national is available at "www.inis.gov.ie" listed under their headings.

I should remind the Deputy that, for future queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases, these may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.

282 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application to renew their stamp 4 status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [34538/10]

I wish to inform the Deputy that the person in question was granted permission to remain in the State for a 2 year period in October of 2005 under the revised arrangements for non-EEA parents of Irish children born in Ireland prior to 1 January 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 scheme. This permission was subsequently renewed in 2007 for 3 years and is currently valid up to 10 October 2010. Officials of my Department are currently examining the case file and will correspond directly with the person concerned in due course concerning her future status in the State.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.