Written answers

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Department of Justice and Equality

Residency Permits

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29843/14]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was refused asylum in December 2006 following investigation of his application by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

The person concerned was subsequently notified in November 2007 that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order and was given the options 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. In addition, the person concerned was notified of an entitlement to apply for Subsidiary Protection which application, along with representations pursuant to Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, was submitted in December 2007.

The application for Subsidiary Protection was refused in March 2011 and a Deportation order was signed the same month. The person concerned was notified of the making of the Deportation Order in March 2011 and that he was required to present at the Garda National Immigration Bureau on 12th April 2011. The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings before the High Court on 21 April 2011 challenging the Deportation Order and the refusal of Subsidiary Protection. As the matter is sub judice, I do not propose to comment further.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.

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