Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a temporary travel document will be issued to facilitate the application for a national passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17344/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the person in question was refused refugee status following appeal in 2005 and is therefore not entitled to be issued with an Irish travel document. The person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 08/07/2008 for 3 years until 8 July 2011.

In all cases, INIS must be satisfied that there is no alternative open to an Irish temporary travel document applicant preventing them from procuring their own national passport or travel document before an Irish temporary travel document will issue.

As the person in question is a Rwandan national it is advised that they should seek consular assistance from their own national authorities and contact the Embassy of Rwanda, 120 - 122 Seymour Place, London W1H 1NR, England with a view to obtaining their national passport or travel document.