Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to issue a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of his outstanding record and achievements during the past eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22291/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The case of the person 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. On 23 March 2010, I refused the person concerned permission to remain temporarily in the State and instead signed a Deportation Order in respect of him. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State.

If new information or circumstances have come to light, which have a direct bearing on his case and which have arisen since the original decision to deport was made, there remains the option of applying to me for revocation of his Deportation Order pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999, as amended. However I wish to make clear that such an application would require substantial grounds to be successful. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is, and remains, an operational matter for the GNIB.