Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if accommodation and medical assistance will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12514/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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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, who is a male, is currently being provided with accommodation by the RIA at Mount Trenchard accommodation centre, County Limerick. In relation to requests based on this person's medical condition, the matter was considered by the RIA and no grounds for a transfer to self-catering accommodation were found.

Notwithstanding this, the RIA has separately considered the broader issues of the case and is prepared to make an offer of alternative accommodation to this person within direct provision. A formal offer in relation to that will issue this week.