Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8702/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to the reply I gave to his Dáil Question No. 218 of Thursday 14 February 2008. The status of the person concerned remains as set out in that reply.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; his views on same in the context of recent documentation forwarded to his office in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8703/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 1032 of Wednesday, 26 September 2007 and the written reply to that Question.

The person concerned arrived in the State on 29 April 2003, as an unaccompanied minor, and applied for asylum on 12 June 2003. His application was refused following consideration of his case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended), he was informed, by letter dated 8 September 2005, that the Minister proposed to make a deportation order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a deportation order or of submitting written representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why he should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State. Representations have been received on behalf of the person concerned and will be fully considered before the file is passed to me for decision.

In relation to the Deputy's enquiry regarding recent documentation forwarded to my Department, I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department's records show that the most recent documentation submitted on behalf of the person concerned was received in my Department on 26 May 2006.