Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the passport of a person (details supplied) has been in the possession of another person (details supplied) since September 2004 when they were deported from the United States and has not yet been returned to them; his views on the unreasonable delay in returning the passport; and if he will take appropriate measures to ensure the passport is returned as soon as possible. [21750/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person in question was deported from Boston to Ireland on 15 March 2005. The previous month the US Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, BICE, requested a travel document for this person from the consulate in Boston to facilitate his deportation. When submitting the request, BICE included a photocopy of an expired passport which had been issued by our embassy in London in May 1994 valid to May 2004. On foot of this request, the consulate in Boston issued a travel document valid from 15 February until 15 March 2005.

The consulate is not aware of any contact from this person since his deportation. If the person claims that there has been misuse of his passport details and-or wishes to obtain a new passport, he should contact the Passport Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.