Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33169/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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There is currently no application pending in my Department for residency in the case of the person whose details were supplied. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned, the Deputy will of course be aware that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 679: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in view of the fact that circumstances have changed since the original decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33170/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to the Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of Thursday, 3 April 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that Reply. The person concerned continues to meet the presentation requirements of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (G.N.I.B.) in accordance with Section 8(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). He is due to present again on 15 October 2009. I am satisfied that the applications made by the person concerned for asylum and for temporary leave to remain in the State, together with all refoulement issues, were fairly and comprehensively examined and, as such, the decision to deport him is justified. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is, and remains, an operational matter for the GNIB.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 680: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for asylum in the State on 3 February 1997. He subsequently withdrew his asylum claim on the basis that he was the parent of an Irish born child. He was granted permission to remain in the State on the basis of his parentage of an Irish born child in September 1997. This permission to remain has subsequently been renewed and was most recently valid up until 18 August 2009. It is not clear from my Department's file as to what difficulties the person concerned is experiencing regarding his position in the State. This being the case, it is recommended that the person concerned would write to my Department's Repatriation Division outlining any outstanding issues he may have and upon receipt of such a communication, officials in my Department will investigate any issues raised.