Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2013
197. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to the fact that failure to update work permit was not the responsibility of a person (details supplied); if retrospective provision will be made in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34150/13]
View answerThe person concerned arrived in the State on 1st April 2007 for the purposes of a short term visit and was given permission to remain in the State until 10th April 2007. He remained illegally in the State after 10th April 2007. His wife arrived in the State on the 18th September 2008, and his daughter arrived in the State in the company of her grandmother in 2009. His son was born in the State on 27th March 2012, and is not an Irish citizen. The family were issued with proposal to deport letters on 19th April 2012 and 26th October 2012. All representations submitted on behalf of the family were considered and deportation orders issued on 7th March 2013.
The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 26 June 2013, challenging the deportation orders made in respect of himself and his family and 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.
