Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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929. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review will be undertaken of the decision to affirm deportation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21801/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 24 February 2020, requiring him to remove himself from the State and remain outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Order is a matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB).

It is open to the person concerned to submit representations in writing under Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have the Deportation Order revoked. A request seeking to revoke a Deportation Order must set out any new facts or circumstances which have arisen since the original decision to deport was made. Any such request submitted would be considered on its merits, having due regard to all refoulement issues. Requests for revocations should be sent directly to: Repatriation Unit, Immigration Service Delivery, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 DO2 XK70.

Requests for the revocation of the Deportation Order are non-suspensive of the Deportation Order made in respect of the applicant and as such, if such a request is submitted, the person concerned is still required to present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau. A decision in the case would be either to affirm or to revoke the existing Deportation Order. In the meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service Delivery (ISD) function 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 is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.