Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made representations for a person (details supplied) to be repatriated to a prison here. [47406/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for prisoner transfer under the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons or the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act, 1995, are a matter for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

My Department has responsibility for the provision of consular assistance to Irish citizens outside the State. In this regard, the Department maintains regular contact with the person in question through the Embassy in London, including through visits, the most recent of which was at the end of November.