Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is possible to contact the authorities in Angola to determine the background in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin regarding their application for residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5514/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of Thursday 13 November 2008 and my detailed Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of Wednesday 24 September 2008 in this matter. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in my earlier Reply.

The Deputy can be assured that all determinations and decisions reached in relation to the person concerned during the course of his asylum application and appeal, and his subsequent application for permission to remain in the State, took account of the political and human rights conditions prevailing in that country at the time that each determination or decision was arrived at. Specifically, each decision maker would have relied upon the most up to date, reliable, objective information available pertaining to the situation in Angola at the relevant point in time. This being the case, I am satisfied that all determinations and decisions reached were properly arrived at.

The Deputy also refers to documentation submitted by the person concerned. I can assure the Deputy that the documentation referred to has been received in my Department and is under consideration in the context of the application submitted by the person concerned for revocation of his Deportation Order in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 (11) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). As indicated previously, when a decision has been made on this application, this decision and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.