Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 412: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the status of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37436/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy's question refers to the status of a family; however, the details supplied by the Deputy only refer to a single person.

The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 3rd November 2003 following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his asylum claim, and a detailed examination of the representations submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). The asylum application refers solely to the individual mentioned. He states in that application that no other family member accompanied him to the State. The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State. The individual concerned has remained in the State in breach of his Deportation Order since that date.

Representations were received from the person's legal representative asking that his Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). Following consideration of those representations, the Deportation Order was affirmed on 25th March 2009. Following this decision, the individual concerned remained in the State in breach of his Deportation Order. Further representations were received from the person's legal representative asking that his Deportation Order be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). This application is under consideration at present. When a decision has been made on that application, that decision, and the consequences of that decision, will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

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. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.