Written answers

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Department of Justice, Equality and Defence

Refugee Status

9:00 pm

Photo of Noel HarringtonNoel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied); when he expects to be able to make a decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7848/12]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) which make recommendations to me on whether such status should be granted. If an application for refugee status has been made by the person concerned the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on asylum applications that are pending.

Photo of Noel HarringtonNoel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for refugee status in respect of a person (detail supplied); when he expects to be able to make a decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7849/12]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 14th May, 2010, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was 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 making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made against him. In addition, he was notified of his entitlement to apply for Subsidiary Protection in accordance with the provisions of the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006.

The person concerned submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection. When consideration of this application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified in writing of the outcome. In the event that the application for Subsidiary Protection is refused, the position in the State of the person concerned will then be decided by reference to the provisions of 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. All representations submitted will be considered before a final decision is made. Once a decision has been made, this decision and the consequences of the 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 the INIS by Email 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

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