Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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388. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48412/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 25 November, 2014 (beneath) in respect of the person concerned. The position remains as set out in that reply.

PQ Reply 283 of 25 November, 2014

I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned arrived in the State on 20 August 2008 and applied for asylum on the following day. This application was refused and the person concerned was notified of this decision on 28 July 2009.

Subsequently the person concerned made an application for Subsidiary Protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory Instrument No. 518 of 2006) on 19 August 2009. His application was refused by my Department and the person concerned was notified of this decision on 1 March 2010.

Representations were submitted by and on behalf of the person concerned on 19 August 2009 against the making of a Deportation Order pursuant to Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). These and subsequent representations were examined and assessed and a Deportation Order was signed in respect of the person concerned on 8 March 2011.

Further representations were submitted by and on behalf of the person concerned on 11 July 2011 seeking to have the aforementioned Deportation Order revoked pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). These and subsequent representations were examined and assessed and it was decided that the Deportation Order be affirmed and the person concerned was notified of this decision on 11 October 2011.

Representations were submitted by and on behalf of the person concerned on 21 November 2012 seeking his re-entry into the asylum process pursuant to Section 17(7) of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended). These and subsequent representations were examined and the person concerned was informed on 19 March 2013 that he be refused re-entry into the asylum process.

The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 8 April 2013 challenging the refusal to allow him re-entry into the asylum process.

Again, further representations were submitted by and on behalf of the person concerned on 21 November 2012 seeking to have the aforementioned Deportation Order revoked pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). These and subsequent representations were examined and assessed and it was decided that the Deportation Order be affirmed and the person concerned was notified of this decision on 14 November 2013.

The person concerned instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 16 January 2014 challenging the aforementioned affirmation of the Deportation Order made in respect of him. As the foregoing matters are sub judice I do not propose to comment further.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.