Bernard Durkan
Question:49. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review a decision to deport a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12357/16]
View answerThursday, 26 May 2016
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 16th November, 2012. That Order remains valid and in place. As a person subject of a Deportation Order, the person concerned is legally obliged to remove themselves from the State and to remain out of the State.
The Deputy might wish to note that in the event that a person's circumstances have changed in a very material way since the decision to make a Deportation Order was made, it would be open to such a person to make a request, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), that I exercise my discretion to revoke the Deportation Order. However, it must be borne in mind that any such request, to have any chance of success, must be founded on information or documentation which was not presented, nor was capable of being presented, before the decision to deport was made.
The enforcement of the Deportation Order remains an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
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.