Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that will be made in regularising the residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39946/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Arising from his remaining in the State without permission, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 12 October 2015, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made against him.

The legal representative of the person concerned wrote to my Department on the 27 October 2015 outlining how their client wished to exercise the option of leaving the State voluntarily. The voluntary return to Brazil of the person concerned, his wife and his child is in the process of being facilitated by my Department.

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.