Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 September 2011
680 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a residency application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23644/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 7 July 2011. The position is unchanged since then. The reply was as follows:
I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim and of his application to remain temporarily in the State. He has been evading his deportation since 3 November 2009 and should he come to the notice of the Garda authorities, he would be liable to arrest and detention. He should, therefore, present himself to the Garda National Immigration Bureau without any further delay.
As a general matter of policy, it would be logistically inconsistent to reward persons who have failed a very fair and comprehensive asylum process, and who have thereafter proceeded to evade their deportation for several years, by granting such persons residency in the State.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.
