Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review a travel document in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39130/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that a letter issued to the person in question on 29 October 2008 informing him that as an Angolan National he was advised to contact the Embassy of Angola, 22 Dorset Street, London W1U 6QY, England with a view to obtaining his own National passport.

The person in question has not been granted refugee status in the State in accordance with the Refugee Act 1996 and therefore is not entitled to apply for a 1951 UN Convention Travel Document. The person in question was issued with a Temporary Travel Document in May 2008 to assist him in obtaining his national passport. It now appears that the person concerned did not use the Travel Document for the purpose stated.