Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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293. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will set aside a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35346/14]

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 is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 5 August 2014. This Deportation Order was made following a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended).

The Deputy might wish to note that the person concerned has never held a right of residency in the State of a nature as would have allowed him to take up a position of paid employment.

The effect of a Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the state and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of Deportation Orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

However, if new information or circumstances have come to light which has a direct bearing on this case and which have arisen since the original decision to deport was made, there remains the option of applying to me for revocation of the Deportation Order pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). However, I wish to make clear that such an application would require substantial grounds to be successful.

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.