Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed in respect of an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30476/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. He was advised of the formal refusal of his asylum claim by letter dated 12th March, 2010. The person concerned proceeded to apply for Subsidiary Protection and this application was refused, a position notified to him by letter dated 2nd September, 2010. His representations pursuant to Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) were then considered under all the relevant headings before a Deportation Order was made in respect of him on 21st September, 2010. This Order was served by registered post dated 6th October, 2010 which placed a legal obligation on the person concerned to comply with any reporting requirements placed on him by the Garda National Immigration Bureau. As the person concerned has failed to meet the reporting requirements placed on him, he is now deemed to be evading his deportation and, as such, he is liable to arrest and detention for the purposes of effecting his deportation from the State. The Deputy will appreciate that in light of the above clarification the person concerned could not be deemed to have outstanding asylum or residency applications.

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.