Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33623/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for asylum on 25 January 2006. Her application was refused following consideration of her case by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and, on appeal, the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

Subsequently, in accordance with Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was informed, by letter dated 12 February 2007, that the Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of her. She 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 making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why she should be allowed to remain temporarily in the State. In addition, she was notified of her entitlement to apply for Subsidiary Protection in the State in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006). The person concerned submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection in the State in accordance with these Regulations and this application is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified in writing of the outcome.

In the event that the Subsidiary Protection application is refused, the case file of the person concerned, including all representations submitted, will then be considered under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. When this latter consideration has been completed, the case file of the person concerned is passed to me for decision.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected status in the case of an application for residency in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33624/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to his Parliamentary Question, No. 382 of Tuesday 30 September 2008. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that reply.