Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 October 2007
143 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) is being deported; if he will review the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23273/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person concerned arrived in the State on 6 July 2005 and was granted temporary permission to remain until 15 July 2005. He remained in the State beyond that date and failed to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau as he was required to do. He has therefore been illegally present in the State since 15 July 2005.
The person concerned signed a consent to deportation form on 23 January 2007 which was witnessed by a member of An Garda Síochána. A request was then made to my Department by An Garda Síochána requesting the making of a deportation order.
On receipt of this request, the case of the person concerned was examined under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act, 1999 as amended, and Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 on the Prohibition of Refoulement. On 1 May 2007, my predecessor refused temporary leave to remain in the State and signed a deportation order in respect of him. Notice of this order was served by registered post requiring him to present himself to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2, on 29 May 2007, in order to make travel arrangements for his deportation from the State. The person concerned failed to present himself as required and was classified as evading his deportation. In the meantime he has resumed contact with the Gardaí and is due to present himself to the GNIB on 15 October 2007. The effect of the deportation order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the deportation order is now an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
