Mary Lou McDonald
Question:303. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in the application for asylum in respect of a person (details supplied). [47726/13]
View answerTuesday, 12 November 2013
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned applied for asylum in the State on 27 April 2006. His asylum application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, and this decision was upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 9 July 2008, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He 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 he should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State.
On 31 July 2008, the person concerned submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006). Following consideration of the information submitted, the application was refused. The person concerned was notified of this decision by letter dated 5 March 2012. His case was then examined under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act, 1999, (as amended), and Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended), on the Prohibition of Refoulement. Following consideration of the information submitted, a Deportation Order was signed in respect of him on 9 March 2012. I am satisfied that the applications made by the person concerned for asylum, for temporary leave to remain in the State and for Subsidiary Protection, together with all refoulement issues, were fairly and comprehensively examined and, as such, the decision to deport him is justified. 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 remains an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
Queries in relation in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.