Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding residency and leave to remain and work here in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32608/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is illegally present in the State and, as such, she has no entitlement to work or reside here.

Arising from her position as an illegal immigrant, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 4 February 2010, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made against her. Representations have been received on behalf of the person concerned.

The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of 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. All representations submitted will be considered before the file is passed to me for decision. Once a decision has been made, this decision and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1001: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32609/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Officials in the Citizenship Division of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation having been received from the person concerned.

The person concerned has, however, been granted permission to remain in the State until 23 October 2011. This decision was conveyed to him by letter dated 23 October 2008.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.