Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 September 2014
145. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her absolute discretion to set aside deportation orders in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath whose children have all born here and lived here since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35077/14]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons referred to are subjects of Deportation Orders.
Representations were received on behalf of the persons concerned asking that their Deportation Orders be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). These applications are under consideration at present. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to ‘affirm’ or to ‘revoke’ the existing Deportation Orders. In the mean-time, the Deportation Orders remain valid and in place.
Queries 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.
