'Notification of a proposal to deport' letters, pursuant to Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), have issued to the persons concerned. These letters set out three options for them; 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. It is therefore open to the persons concerned to submit written representations in support of their case to remain in the State.
The persons concerned do not appear to have applied for long term residency and would not be eligible for the long term residency scheme in any event.
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.
