Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 804: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to a request for repatriation by a person (details supplied); if he will approve the request on this occasion; and when a decision can be expected. [22919/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person referred to by the Deputy has made four separate applications for transfer to a prison in this jurisdiction under the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, all of which have been refused. The person referred to by the Deputy has been notified of the reasons for refusal of his applications.

The Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons does not confer an automatic right on any prisoner to be transferred nor does it confer an obligation on any State to comply with a transfer request. This is clearly set out in the Explanatory Report to the Convention.

I have recently received correspondence from the person referred to by the Deputy and I will consider his new application shortly.