Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from a committee (details supplied); and if he will meet it to discuss the matter raised. [13784/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to Question No. 346 on Tuesday, 8 March 2005. I have received many representations, including one from the Castleblayney Committee, requesting that the persons concerned be permitted to return to Ireland. I am satisfied that these persons were deported following a fair and comprehensive examination of their asylum claims and of their applications for leave to remain temporarily in the State. I do not intend to revoke their deportation orders, and consequently a meeting with the committee would serve no useful purpose.