Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 December 2014
129. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way a person (details supplied) in County Waterford may regularise their status since an aircraft had to return to Dublin in 2011 when the flight was refused entry into Algerian airspace. [46670/14]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State.
Representations were received in late 2013 from the person's legal representative, pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to 'affirm' or to 'revoke' the existing Deportation Order. In the mean-time, the Deportation Orders remain valid and in place.
Queries on 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.
