Paul Donnelly
Question:225. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the status of a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied). [10676/21]
View answerThursday, 25 February 2021
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Written answers
The person referred to by the Deputy was the subject of a Deportation Order made on 8 March 2019. This deportation was effected on 4 December 2019. The person subsequently made a request on 10 February 2020, under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have that Order revoked and this will be considered as soon as possible. The decision will be that the existing Deportation Order will be either ‘affirmed’ or ‘revoked’.
More generally, in line with the clear commitments both I and the Taoiseach have given, no Deportation Orders are being enforced during the pandemic, except in circumstances where there are national security or serious public policy concerns. My Department has consistently adopted a pragmatic approach in this area in the context of Covid-19.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie) 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.