Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 May 2022
365. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress made to date in the determination of an application for residency and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21752/22]
View answerThe person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order, notification of which issued to them by registered post dated 26 June 2019. That communication also advised the person concerned of the requirement that they present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on 21 August 2019 to make the arrangements for their removal from the State. I am advised that they failed to do so.
While there is no outstanding correspondence or applications on file for this person, it is open to them to submit representations requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). A request seeking to revoke a Deportation Order must set out any new facts or circumstances which have arisen since the decision to make the original Deportation Order was made. Any such request would be considered on its merits, having due regard to all refoulement issues. In the meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.
Requests for revocations should be sent directly to Repatriation Unit, Immigration Service Delivery, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 DO2 XK70.
Additionally, as the Deputy may be aware, the Regularisation of Long-Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme is now open for applications. People in the State with an existing Deportation Order can apply, if they meet the minimum undocumented residence requirement.
Full details regarding the qualifying criteria, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and the required documentation for the Scheme is now available on my Department's website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/regularisation-of-long-term-undocumented-migrant-scheme/.
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.
