Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a forthcoming immigration appointment in January 2018 will be rescheduled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1086/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, 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 12 November 2008, following the refusal of the international protection claim made by the person concerned and the detailed consideration of their case under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). That Order remains valid and in place.

The person concerned was required to present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau on 09 January 2018 and I have been advised that she attended this appointment. The next appointment for this person with the Garda National Immigration Bureau is on 27 February 2018. 

The Deputy might wish to note that the effect of a Deportation Order is that the person named on the Order is legally obliged to leave the State and to remain out of the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order in this case is now an operational 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.