Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality notwithstanding previous correspondence on the matter, if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be reviewed on humanitarian grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41070/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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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.

However, if new information or circumstances have come to light, which has a direct bearing on her case, and which have arisen since the original Deportation Order was made, there remains the option of a request that I use my discretion, pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended) to revoke the Deportation Order. However I wish to make clear that such a request would require substantial grounds to be successful. In the mean-time, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.

The person concerned has been evading deportation since 21st February, 2012 and, as such, is liable to arrest and detention for the purposes of having the Deportation Order enforced. The person concerned should, therefore, 'present' to the Garda National Immigration Bureau without further delay.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality arising from the reply to a previous parliamentary question, if favourable consideration will be given to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41073/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 2nd July 2012 and therefore has no entitlement to residency in the State. Judicial Review proceedings were issued on 26th July 2012 challenging the Deportation Order. The Deputy will appreciate that it would be inappropriate for me as the Respondent in the legal proceedings before the High Court to in any way engage with what might happen in the event that the person were to withdraw those proceedings. Any decision to terminate legal proceedings is a matter for the person themselves.

I should remind the Deputy that 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 through the more expensive Parliamentary Questions process.