Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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404. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order issued against persons (details supplied) will be lifted. [5088/20]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Immigration Service of my Department that the persons concerned are the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 19 February 2020. This Order requires that the persons concerned are to remove themselves from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Orders is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).

Representations have since been received on behalf of the persons concerned requesting that the Deportation Orders be revoked, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This request will be considered as soon as possible. It is not possible to provide a definitive time-frame within which a particular application will be decided, however, the persons concerned can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in having their case brought to finality.

A decision will then be made to either "affirm" or "revoke" the existing Deportation Orders. This decision will be communicated in writing. In the meantime, the Deportation Orders remain valid and in place. However, I am informed that appointments to 'present' to GNIB have been postponed by the Garda National Immigration Bureau to a future date.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to 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 is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.