Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 October 2012
176. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency and or naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42534/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe first named person concerned has been in the State without the permission of the Minister since July 2009. Consequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, the first named person concerned was notified, by letter dated 23 April, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why she should not have a Deportation Order made against her.
The position in the State of the first named person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All representations submitted, including those relating to the possible relevance of the Zambrano Judgement to the case, will be considered before a final decision is made. Once a decision has been made, this decision and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.
The second named person concerned has been granted Leave to Remain in the State for the period to 16 December 2014.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail 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.
