539 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress made to date in the determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48492/10]

I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his recent Parliamentary Question, No. 140 of Thursday, 25th November, 2010, in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

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.