Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 June 2013
157. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency and prepare for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he will set down the procedure to be followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28592/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order so therefore has no right to residency or naturalisation in the State.
The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 19 February 2013, following a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended).
The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State.
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.
