Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2014
129. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the deportation order for a person (details supplied) who supplied information to Irish Nationalisation and Immigration Service on 16 July 2013 that indicated they were not in the State a number of years prior to a deportation order being issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5910/14]
View answerI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order, made on 20 January 2012, following a comprehensive and detailed examination under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). Having submitted an application for leave to remain in the State under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) the person concerned did not engage further with my Department in the consideration of that application despite attempts being made to contact her at her last known address. The Deputy will appreciate that the onus is on such persons to make my Department aware of such a material change in their circumstances so that such information, backed up by documentary evidence, can be factored into the decision making process. Where, however, such information is not disclosed, a decision can only be reached on the basis of the available information. In cases where a Deportation Order is issued against a person who is outside the State it has the effect that the person is not permitted to re-enter the State.
However, if new information or circumstances have come to light, which have a direct bearing on their case and which have arisen since the original Deportation Order was made, there remains the option of applying to me for revocation of the Deportation Order pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (11) 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 of the State.
Queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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. 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.
