Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 217: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a full review of the circumstances will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19446/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that the application for asylum made by the person concerned was fairly and comprehensively examined before a decision to refuse it was arrived at. I am further informed that the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), together with all refoulement issues, were given the fullest consideration before his Deportation Order was made on 11th September 2003. The individual did not present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau in October 2003 and instead evaded his deportation for almost 6 years until June 2009.

The Deportation Order requires him to remove himself from the State and remain thereafter outside the State. By failing to remove himself from the State, he is in breach of the Deportation Order. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

The individual made an application to have his Deportation Order revoked under Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). Having considered the application fully, the Deportation Order was affirmed and this decision was conveyed to the applicant and copied to his legal representative on 29th June 2011.

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