Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The first named person concerned arrived in the State on 27th November, 2001 and had permission to remain in the State until 24th May, 2002, on student conditions. He has remained in the State since that date without permission. The second named person concerned arrived in the State on 10th April, 2002 and had permission to remain in the State until 9th October, 2002, also on student conditions. She has remained in the State since that date without permission.

Consequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), they were each separately notified, he by letter dated 3rd June, 2010 and she by letter dated 8th June, 2010, that the Minister proposed to make Deportation Orders in respect of them. They were each 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 submitting written representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why they should not have a Deportation Order made against them.

Representations have been received on behalf of both of the persons concerned. All representations submitted will be fully considered 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 before the files are passed to me for decision. Once decisions have been made, these decisions and the consequences of the decisions will be conveyed in writing to the persons concerned.

It is noted that the address supplied in the Deputy's Question does not match the address currently on record in my Department for the persons concerned. As it is incumbent on an applicant to notify my Department when they change address, the persons concerned should notify my Department of their up to date address without further delay.

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.