Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which review including revocation of deportation order has taken place in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath including their family, who have been living in this country for nine years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35076/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned, together with other family members referred to by the Deputy, are the subject of Deportation Orders. The effect of the Deportation Orders are that the persons concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter out of the State.

Representations were received from the persons' legal representative asking that the Deportation Orders 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. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to ‘affirm’ or to ‘revoke’ the existing Deportation Orders. In the mean-time, the Deportation Orders remain valid and in place.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her absolute discretion to set aside deportation order in the case of a persons (details supplied) in County Meath whose children were all born here and who have lived here since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35077/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons referred to are subjects of Deportation Orders.

Representations were received on behalf of the persons concerned asking that their Deportation Orders be revoked, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). These applications are under consideration at present. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to ‘affirm’ or to ‘revoke’ the existing Deportation Orders. In the mean-time, the Deportation Orders remain valid and in place.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her discretion to review to the decision for leave to remain on humanitarian and subsidiary protection grounds in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Meath who have lived here for almost eight years and who have signed on as required at Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35078/14]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will use her absolute discretion to review a case of deportation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35095/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 162 together.

The persons concerned arrived in the State on 13 February 2006 and 20 July 2007 and made applications for asylum on the dates of arrival. The Refugee Applications Commissioner refused a declaration of refugee status by letters dated 02 August 2006 and 27 March 2008. These decisions were subsequently upheld by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and this was notified to the persons concerned on 23 January 2008 and 15 May 2009.

On 5 March and 9 June 2009 the persons concerned were informed that it was proposed to make Deportation Orders. The persons were invited to apply for Subsidiary Protection and to make representations under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999. Having considered the Subsidiary Protection applications and representations Deportation orders were signed on 12 December 2012 and 18 December 2012. The persons concerned was notified by letters dated 16 January 2013.

The persons concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 30 January 2013 challenging the deportation order made and accordingly, 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 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.