Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when long-term residency can be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1729/18]

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 17 January 2013.

Representations were received on behalf of the person concerned requesting that the deportation order be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended).  Following the consideration of these representations, a decision was taken in June 2016 that the Deportation Order should be "affirmed" and this decision was communicated to the person concerned by registered post dated 30 June 2016. 

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.