Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 January 2014
185. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status-eligibility for long-term naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3458/14]
View answerI wish to inform the Deputy that the person referred to has no entitlement to residency.
The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order following a comprehensive and thorough examination of her asylum claim and a detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The effect of a Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of Deportation Orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
Representations were received from the person's legal representative asking that her Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). This application is under consideration at present. When a decision has been made on that application the outcome of that decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by Email 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.
