Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if alternative procedures might be followed in view of the extreme difficulty in obtaining information from that jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12704/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to the reply given to his recent Parliamentary Question No. 106 of Thursday 23rd February 2017. The status of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.

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 25th May 2011.

Representations were received from the persons' legal representative pursuant to Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to revoke the Deportation Order. Those representations are currently being considered and a further decision will be made in due course. The Deputy might wish to note that any such decision will be to 'affirm' or to 'revoke' the existing Deportation Order. In the mean-time, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12705/17]

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 signed on 30 September 2016. 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 have a direct bearing on their 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 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.