Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 308: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the asylum application by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29109/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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As the Deputy will be aware, applications for refugee status in the State are determined by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT), which make recommendations to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on whether such status should be granted. While it is not the practice to comment on individual asylum applications, a decision will be made in this case, subject to the applicant's statutory entitlements, when I receive the recommendation of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, which I am advised was made recently.