Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the decision to deport a person (details supplied); the reason the decision to deport was made considering that the person's spouse and children are resident here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34672/16]

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, made on 23 September 2016 following a comprehensive and thorough examination of his case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This Order requires the person concerned to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State.

However, if new information or circumstances have come to light, which has a direct bearing on his 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 meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place. The enforcement of the Deportation Order remains a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

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.