Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1027: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32635/10]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if a review will be undertaken in the case of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been issued with a deportation order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33343/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1027 and 1153 together.

The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order since 2003 and has been evading his deportation for most of the intervening period.

On 7 May 2010, an application to have the Deportation Order revoked, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), was received from the legal representative of the person concerned. This application is under consideration at present and a decision is expected shortly. Once a decision has been made, this decision and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the relevant party. While the consideration of this application is not a review of the case as such, it will involve a detailed examination of the latest information submitted to determine if this is materially different to the information which was before the then Minister when the original decision to deport was made.

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 1028: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to is the subject of a Family Reunification application made in April 2010.

The application was forwarded to the Refugee Applications Commissioner for investigation as required under Section 18 of the Refugee Act 1996. This investigation was completed in June 2010 and a report was forwarded to INIS. Applications are currently taking approximately 18 months to process.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.