Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
1105 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32714/10]
View answerThe person concerned, a failed asylum seeker, is the subject of a Deportation Order which was made on 4 February 2009 following the consideration of her case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. This Order was served by registered post dated 6 February 2009. On 19 March 2009, the person concerned initiated judicial review proceedings in the High Court, challenging the decision to make a Deportation Order in her case. These proceedings were struck out on 21 June 2010 meaning that the Deportation Order remains in place. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau. In light of the foregoing, the Deputy will appreciate that the person concerned is not awaiting a decision on an application for residency.
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.
