Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant extended or temporary residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19238/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person referred to by the Deputy applied for asylum on 25 April, 2006. The claim was assessed by the Refugee Applications Commissioner who concluded that the person concerned did not meet the criteria for recognition as a refugee. The Commissioner's recommendation was communicated to him by letter dated 10 July, 2006. This communication advised the person of his entitlement to appeal the Commissioner's recommendation to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, which he duly did. The Refugee Appeals Tribunal considered the person's appeal, following which the Tribunal affirmed the Commissioner's earlier recommendation to reject his claim. The outcome of the appeal was made known to the applicant by letter dated 15 April, 2008.

In accordance with normal procedures, the applicant's file was been forwarded to my Department's Ministerial Decisions Unit for final processing of the asylum claim. A letter will issue to him shortly from my Department advising him formally that his asylum claim had been rejected and affording him three options as follows:

1. Return home voluntarily

2. Consent to the making of a deportation order, or

3. Make written representations to me within 15 working days for temporary leave to remain in the State and/or make an application for subsidiary protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (SI No. 518 of 2006).