Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 February 2014
205. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status and-or eligibility for long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7439/14]
View answerI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State.
The case of the person concerned was considered under Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996, as amended, Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, Section 4 of the Criminal Justice (United Nations against Torture) Act 2000, and the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003. Refoulement was not found to be an issue in this case. Therefore 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 outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order remains an operational 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.
