Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rationale behind the decision to refuse repatriation to a person (details supplied) and in particular the basis upon which the conclusion that the person had closer ties to the UK than the Irish jurisdiction was reached in view of the fact that the person's two children live here; and if he will make a statement detailing the weight of the constitutionally protected family in his considerations around repatriation applications generally. [46623/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person referred to by the Deputy has made six separate applications for transfer to a prison in this jurisdiction under the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. All of these have been refused and the person concerned has been notified of the reasons for these refusals.

As the Deputy is aware, 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.