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Residency Permits

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 March 2013

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Questions (390)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

390. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of eligibility for residency or naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13759/13]

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Written answers

The person concerned arrived in the State in January 2004 and applied for asylum. He was deemed not to be a refugee by the Refugee Applications Commissioner. This decision was upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. He was subsequently determined not to be eligible for subsidiary protection and following consideration of his case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999, as amended, a Deportation Order was made in respect of him, which was notified to him on 12 September 2011.

His partner arrived in the State in October 2006 and applied for asylum. She was deemed not to be a refugee by the Refugee Applications Commissioner. This decision was upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. She was subsequently determined not to be eligible for subsidiary protection and following consideration of her case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999, as amended, a Deportation Order was made in respect of her, which was notified to her on 12 September 2011.

The couple have two young children, both of whom have made applications for asylum, which are currently under consideration by the Refugee Applications Commissioner.

The persons concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 22 September 2011 challenging the Deportation Orders made in respect of them and accordingly, as the matter is sub judice, I do not propose to comment any further, other than to remind the Deputy that I have already replied to similar questions about the person concerned on a number of previous occasions.

I should also 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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