Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 275: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a current Garda national immigration board card will be issued to a person (details supplied) who submitted their GNIB card to his Department in March 2006 but which has since expired. [34449/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The person concerned arrived in the State on 04 October 1999 and claimed asylum on the same day. His claim was investigated by the Refugee Applications Commissioner who concluded that he did meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee and was granted refugee status by my Department on the 21 November 2001. He registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) on 30 November 2001. He was issued with a registration card for one year, as is the practice, after which he failed to renew his registration (as he was required to do) until the 18 March 2004. His registration was renewed on application for two further periods up to 18 March 2006, where again he failed to renew his residency in the State. I am informed by the GNIB that he was stopped in Dundalk on 31 May 2006 crossing the border from Northern Ireland without a current registration certificate or valid travel document. His expired registration card was taken from him and he was directed to report to his local Immigration office at Abbeyleix Garda Station, Co. Laois. To date he has not presented himself as requested. The person in question should report immediately to the Immigration Officer at Abbeyleix Garda Station to apply to have his residency in the State renewed.