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Asylum Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 October 2012

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Questions (468)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

468. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in respect of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/12]

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Written answers

The person concerned arrived in the State on 5 February, 2007 and applied for asylum on 8 February, 2007. Correspondence issued to the applicant on 12 June, 2007 from the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner stating that in accordance with Section 17(4) of the Refugee Act, 1996 the Minister was precluded from giving him a declaration as a refugee.

A letter was sent to the person concerned from the Department dated 3 April, 2008 informing him that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. The letter also informed him of the three options open to him, one being to make written representations to the Minister to allow him to remain temporarily in the state. The person concerned was given fifteen working days to respond. A Deportation Order was made in respect of the person concerned on 18 September, 2008.

Judicial Review proceedings were instituted on 11 February, 2009. Accordingly, as the matter is sub judice, I do not propose to comment further.

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.

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