Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on extending temporary or long-term residency on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7292/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to the earlier Replies given to his Parliamentary Question Nos. 979 on Wednesday 26 September 2007 and 243 on Thursday 24 April 2008 setting out the status of the persons concerned. Since then, the case of the family concerned was examined under 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. Consideration was given to all representations submitted on their behalf, including those by their legal representative, for permission to remain in the State.

On 27 January 2009, I refused permission to remain temporarily in the State and instead signed Deportation Orders in respect of the family concerned. Notice of these orders was served by registered post which obliges the persons concerned to leave the State. The persons concerned are required to present themselves at the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 on Tuesday 3 March 2009 in order to make travel arrangements for their removal from the State.

Further representations by the persons concerned seeking temporary leave to remain in the State were received on 17 February 2009. At present these representations are under consideration by officials in my Department. As soon as a decision is made in this matter, the persons concerned and their legal representative will be notified. In the meantime, the persons concerned should comply with their presentation requirements with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The enforcement of the Deportation Orders is, and remains, an operational matter for the GNIB.