Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2015
375. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status, or both, of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33114/15]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that, following the refusal of their asylum claim, the person concerned proceeded to lodge an application for subsidiary protection. I am also advised that this subsidiary protection application was formally withdrawn on 28th August, 2015. The case file of the person concerned was then passed to the INIS' Ministerial Decisions Unit for the purposes of having a 'notification of a proposal to deport' letter issued under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999. This letter will issue shortly and sets out three options for the person concerned; namely to return voluntarily to their country of origin, to consent to the making of a Deportation Order or to submit representations as to why a Deportation Order should not be made.
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.
