The Minister for Justice is entitled to source country of origin information when assessing a request to revoke a deportation order and does not necessarily have to bring it to the applicant’s attention, e.g. where it is in the public domain.

The Minister does not need to prepare guidelines for dealing with revocation requests from non-nationals born in Ireland. Each case should be assessed on its own merits.

Non Irish nationals who create uncertainty as to their status within a Contracting State, by claiming asylum rights that are unfounded, cannot rely on mere presence to invoke rights under article 8 ECHR. When considering the interaction of the two paragraphs of article 8 ECHR, a wide margin of appreciation is afforded to decision-makers in deciding whether or not to deport non Irish-nationals. The rights of children are, save for extraordinary circumstances, dependent upon the approach of the parent who made claims on those children’s behalf.