Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 September 2014
147. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected position in regard to regularisation of residency status-eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15, who is married to an Irish citizen and has one child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35079/14]
View answerI am advised 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.
Representations were received from the persons' legal representative asking that his 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.
Further representations were received from the persons' legal representative for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present.
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.
