Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 September 2020
933. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice if a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) will be cancelled in order to allow them to remain here on humanitarian grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21838/20]
View answerThe person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 3 March 2011. This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned on 14 December 2016, requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The outcome of the consideration is that the Minister's earlier decision to make a Deportation Order in respect of him remained unchanged. This was conveyed to the person concerned on 13 March 2020.
Further representations were received on behalf of the person concerned on 20 May 2020, requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). All relevant aspects of the case will again be considered before a decision is made.
The decision to ensue from the consideration of this request will be to have the existing deportation order either ‘affirmed’ or ‘revoked’. Once such a decision has been made, it will be notified in writing. In the meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service Delivery function 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 is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
