Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if their application for transfer to residential accommodation in Dublin will be arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to his Parliamentary Question No. 54 of Thursday, 16 October 2008, and the written Reply to that Question. The position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in that Reply.

In relation to his accommodation needs, the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. The person referred to in the details supplied is currently availing of direct provision accommodation at the Old Rectory accommodation centre in New Ross. If this person wishes to transfer to another accommodation centre, they can make an application directly to the RIA, setting out the grounds for the request and providing any appropriate documentation in support of that transfer.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current and expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6911/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for asylum on 24 February 2005. Her application was refused following consideration of her 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 29 June 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 were received from the person concerned at that time.

The person concerned has also submitted an application for Subsidiary Protection in the State in accordance with the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006) and this application is under consideration at present. When consideration of this application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified in writing of the outcome.

In the event that the Subsidiary Protection application is refused, the case file of the person concerned, including all representations submitted, will then be considered under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act, 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. When this latter consideration has been completed, the case file of the person concerned is passed to me for decision.