I wish to inform the Deputy that the person referred to has no entitlement to residency.
I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claim and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended).
Representations were received from the person's legal representative pursuant to Section 17 (7) of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended). This application is under consideration at present. Representations were also received from the person's legal representative pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy may wish to note that any such decision will be to 'affirm' or to 'revoke' the existing Deportation Order. This application is also under consideration at present. In the mean-time, the Deportation Order remains in place.
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 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.