Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the decision to deport the spouse of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1427/17]

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 concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order made on 20 June 2002.

Representations were received asking for the Deportation Order to revoked, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). Following consideration of the information submitted the Deportation Order was affirmed on 25 April 2016.

The effect of the Deportation Order is that the person concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order in this case is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

The Deputy may wish to note 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 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.