Robert Troy
Question:376. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order will be lifted against a person (details supplied). [4764/20]
View answerWednesday, 13 May 2020
Questions (376)
Written answers
I can inform the Deputy that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 29 November 2019. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of Deportation Orders are a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
Representations have since been received on behalf of the person concerned requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This request will be considered as soon as possible. It is not possible to provide a definitive time-frame within which a particular application will be decided. The person can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in having their case brought to finality.
A decision will then be made to either "affirm" or "revoke" the existing Deportation Order. This decision will be communicated in writing. In the meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.
The person concerned was required to present themselves at the Offices of the Garda National Immigration Bureau on 24 March 2020, to make arrangements for their deportation from the State. However, the Registration Office in Burgh Quay and all Registration Offices for non-Dublin residents operated by An Garda Síochána have temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Consequently, the requirement to present to the GNIB on foot of a Deportation Order is temporarily suspended and the GNIB will make contact once the restrictions have been lifted.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service 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 Immigration Service is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.