Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
480. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for asylum by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29111/15]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy applied for asylum on 26 January 2004. This person's asylum application was refused following consideration of their case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner on the 3 May 2005 and this decision was upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal on the 12 November 2008. Therefore the individual concerned has not been in the asylum system since that date and was subsequently deemed not to qualify for Subsidiary Protection.
Having fulfilled the appropriate statutory assessments and considerations, a Deportation Order was signed in respect of the person concerned on 12 August 2011.
On 22 September 2011, the person concerned commenced Judicial Review proceedings, seeking, inter-alia, to challenge the Deportation Order of 12 August 2011. As the proceedings are currently before the High Court, I am precluded from commenting further on the matter.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS 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.
