Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 January 2014
186. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status-eligibility for long-term residency-naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3459/14]
View answerI have outlined details in relation to the person concerned to the Deputy in previous Parliamentary Questions, the most recent being on 5th December 2013. The situation remains unchanged.
The person concerned, together with the other members of his family are the subject of Deportation Orders and therefore have no entitlement to residency/naturalisation. The requirement of the Deportation Order is that persons must present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau. The person concerned was due to present on 21st May, 2013, to date he has not presented and is now classed as an evader.
The effect of Deportation Orders is that the persons concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Orders is a 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 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.
