Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason no assistance is being given to an Irish citizen (details supplied) in Dublin 9 ; and to give her the maximum support, advice and assistance. [27159/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Judicial proceedings in this matter, which have been brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, are ongoing. I understand the person referred to by the Deputy has obtained an initial ruling in her favour. However, that decision is now under appeal. Accordingly the matter remains sub judice and a final resolution of the case has not yet been reached.

As the Deputy will be aware, questions of child guardianship, custody and access are always difficult, particularly when more than one State is involved. This is a complicated case in which legal proceedings have, to my knowledge, been instituted in three different jurisdictions.

I can confirm that our embassy in Denmark has been in contact on several occasions with the person in question and will continue to provide all possible consular assistance to her and to her daughter pending the resolution of the matter.