Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a travel document will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9433/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of my Department that the Deputy has previously made representations on behalf of the individual referred to in relation to acquiring a travel document. A letter issued to the Deputy on 28 January 2009 advising that as this person is a DR Congo national he should apply to the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 281 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8QF, England for a new national passport before his current passport expires on 7th May 2009.

The person referred to 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.