Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 May 2013
466. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of eligibility to residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22381/13]
View answerI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order so therefore has no residency status in the State.
The person concerned claimed asylum in the State on 23 December 2004. Her application was refused following the consideration of her claim by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. The person concerned had her case examined under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended.
Under Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 20 May 2008, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why she should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State. Her application for Subsidiary Protection was considered and this was found not to be an issue in the State in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006).
A Deportation Order was signed in respect of the person concerned on 21 February 2011, her four children also have Deportation Orders. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the state and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from the INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.
