Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of a review or request for revocation of a deportation order, consideration will be provided to the fact that six years passed before a deportation order was made, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6757/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to the Reply given to his recent Parliamentary Question No. 101 of Thursday, 29th January 2015. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.

I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that following a comprehensive and thorough examination of the asylum claim and application for subsidiary protection, and a detailed examination of the representations he submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), a Deportation Order was signed on 18 December 2012 in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy.

The person concerned initiated judicial review proceedings challenging the Deportation Order made in respect of him. Those proceedings were struck out in favour of the Department on 1 December 2014 and accordingly, the Deportation Order stands.

Representations were received from the person concerned pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to 'affirm' or to 'revoke' the existing Deportation Order. In the meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.

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