Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 March 2017
70. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if alternative procedures might be followed in view of the extreme difficulty in obtaining information from that jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12704/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer the Deputy to the reply given to his recent Parliamentary Question No. 106 of Thursday 23rd February 2017. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.
I 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 25th May 2011.
Representations were received from the persons' legal representative pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. Those representations are currently being considered and a further decision will be made in due course. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to 'affirm' or to 'revoke' the existing Deportation Order. In the mean-time, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.
The Deputy may wish to note that 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.
