Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will approve an appeal for regularisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27298/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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An appeal under the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme by the first and second named persons referred to by the Deputy was refused on 13 March 2024. A separate appeal from the third named person was refused on 23 February 2024.

The persons concerned are the subject of a Deportation Order and any person subject to a Deportation Order can apply to the Minister, under section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), to have their Deportation Order revoked. That position applies equally to deportation orders made under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and under section 51 of the International Protection Act 2015.

However, for any such request, to have a realistic chance of having a favourable outcome, it would need to be founded on new information or changed circumstances which were not put before the Minister for Justice, nor were capable of being put before the Minister for Justice, when the decision to make a Deportation Order was taken. Where such a request is made, the outcome of that request will be that the existing Deportation Order will either be ‘affirmed’ or ‘revoked’.

The persons concerned should direct any further queries to the Repatriation Division of my Department's Immigration Service by email to or by post to the following address:

Repatriation Division,

Immigration Service,

Department of Justice and Equality,

13-14 Burgh Quay,

Dublin 2,

D02 XK70

Ireland.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email using the Oireachtas Mail facility (IMOireachtasMail@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 email service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.