Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set aside the decision to deport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26112/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned entered the State on a Student Visa in 2006 and applied to have his status upgraded to a Stamp 1 permission in February 2011. The person concerned was informed by letter dated 26 May 2011 that he was being afforded the opportunity to regularise his status in the State. In this letter he was granted permission to remain in the State for a period of four months to enable an employer to apply for a Work Permit on his behalf. The person concerned submitted a further application to have his permission to remain in the State extended for a further period as he had not obtained a work permit within the four months. In a letter dated 14 November 2011 the person concerned was granted a further four months permission to remain. He was also informed in this letter that in the event that a work permit was not issued no further permission would be granted in his case. The application for the employment permit has been refused and the person concerned has no permission to be in the State.

In accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 16 May 2012, that the 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.

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.