Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 February 2012
187 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the matter of examination of entitlement to residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9097/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person concerned, together with the other family members referred to by the Deputy, are the subject of Deportation Orders, made against them, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claims, applications for Subsidiary Protection and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The effect of the Deportation Orders is that the persons concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
The Deputy will appreciate that in light of the above clarification, the persons concerned could not be deemed to have an outstanding application for residency.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by Email 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 from the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
