Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1040: 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 Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32648/10]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1049: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32657/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1040 and 1049 together.

The first named person concerned applied for asylum in the State on 5 October 2006. She subsequently gave birth to the second named person concerned. A separate application for asylum was lodged on behalf of the child on 16 March 2007. Both asylum applications were refused following the individual consideration of the cases by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

Arising from the refusal of their respective asylum applications, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the persons concerned were notified, by separate letters dated 8 September 2010, that the Minister proposed to make Deportation Orders in respect of them. They were given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of Deportation Orders or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why Deportation Orders should not be made against them. In addition, they were notified of their respective entitlements to apply for Subsidiary Protection in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006.

The 15 working day period referred to in my Department's letter of 8 September 2010 expires on 30 September 2010. It is open to the persons concerned to make representations and/or apply for Subsidiary Protection within that period. In any event, the cases of the persons concerned will not be further processed until the 15 working day period referred to has elapsed.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email 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.