Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 January 2016
189. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 in regularising that person's position and if consideration will be given to alleviating the family's hardship and to regularising the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1783/16]
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 person's legal representative pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy may wish to note that any such decision will be to 'affirm' or to 'revoke' the existing Deportation Order. This application is under consideration at present. In the mean-time, the Deportation Order remains in place.
On 14 August 2013, the UK made a formal request to Ireland to have the family members of the person concerned transferred back here. The requests were accepted by Ireland on 29 August 2013 but to date no transfers have taken place.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by Email 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 to long awaited.
