Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, who is the parent of a seven year old child born in this jurisdiction; if the issue of the child's welfare has been considered in the event that their parent is deported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19979/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 2 April 2012, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his case in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act. The person concerned is the father of an Irish citizen child born in December 2005 and the issue of the child's welfare has been fully considered before the Deportation Order was signed. The Deportation Order against the individual concerned requires him to remove himself from the State and remain outside the State thereafter. His continuing presence in the State is in breach of the Deportation Order against him.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.