Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date in the application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35348/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for asylum on 8 June 2005. Her asylum application was refused following consideration of the 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 May 2006, 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. Representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned and will be fully considered before the file is passed to me for decision.