Written answers

Tuesday, 12 April 2005

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Travel Documents

9:00 pm

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if his Department will issue new documents to them as the originals were taken from them when they entered the UK through Holyhead; and if he will respond to correspondence made to his Department. [10211/05]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person in question was issued a temporary travel document on 9 November 2004. Correspondence was received from the person in question on 2 February 2005 advising that the document had been seized by UK immigration officials. Further correspondence was received on 23 March providing information relating to the date and location of the incident. Inquiries are being made with the UK authorities to establish the circumstances surrounding the confiscation of the document and seeking its return.

In cases where a travel document is reported as lost or stolen or, as in this case, confiscated, it is the policy not to issue any replacement travel document for 12 weeks to enable appropriate investigations to be made and to allow for the possibility that the document would be located and returned to the holder.

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