Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 November 2014
124. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to naturalisation or updated stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42560/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 5 August 2014, and therefore has no entitlement to naturalisation.
The Deputy might wish to note that the person concerned has never held a right of residency in this State of a nature that would have allowed them to take up a position of paid employment.
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 an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.
