Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who, along with the person's family, has been in this jurisdiction for the past seven years; whether any progress has been made regarding the revocation of the deportation order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33875/15]

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 referred to by the Deputy is the subject of a Deportation Order and is therefore not entitled to residency. A request to revoke the Deportation Order has been received but in circumstances where proceedings seeking to quash that Order are ongoing before the High Court and the matter is accordingly sub-judice, I do not propose to further comment.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.