Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the deportation order against a person (details supplied) will be revoked in order to facilitate an application for citizenship given their expertise in nursing; the way they can proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5767/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, signed on 29 September 2017, requiring them to remove themselves from the State and to remain outside the State. Notification of that Order was issued by registered post-dated 6 October 2017. That communication also advised the person concerned of the requirement that they present to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on 8 November 2017 and subsequently on 11 December 2018, to make arrangements for their removal from the State. I am advised that they failed to do so.

As previously advised, representations were received from the person concerned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked and including information regarding their marriage. Following detailed consideration of the information submitted in support of the request, the Deportation Order was affirmed and notified to the person concerned by letter dated 27 November 2018.

While there are no outstanding correspondence or applications on file for this person, it is open to them to submit further representations requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked, pursuant to Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). A request seeking to revoke a Deportation Order must set out any new facts or circumstances which have arisen since the decision to affirm the extant Deportation Order was made. Any such request submitted would be considered on its merits, having due regard to all refoulement issues. In the meantime, the Deportation Order remains valid and in place.

Requests for revocations should be sent directly to Repatriation Unit, Immigration Service Delivery, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 DO2 XK70.

Additionally, as the Deputy may be aware, my Regularisation of Long-Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme has now opened for applications. People in the State with an existing Deportation Order can apply, if they meet the minimum undocumented residence requirement.

Full details regarding the qualifying criteria, a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and the required documentation for the Scheme is now available on my Department's website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/regularisation-of-long-term-undocumented-migrant-scheme/.

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 (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie), 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.