Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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593. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22444/15]

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. 104 of Thursday, 28th May 2015. The status of the person concerned is set out in that reply.

I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State.

Representations were received from the persons' legal representative, 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 mean-time, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.

The enforcement of the Deportation Order is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

The cases of the children of the person concerned are at various stages of the immigration process and will be determined in due course. As none of them have a current permission to remain in the State, other than in the context of making applications for asylum or subsidiary protection, they are not eligible to apply for naturalisation.

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.