Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if travel documents will be extended in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22600/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the persons in question were refused Refugee Status in 2002 and are therefore not entitled to be issued with an Irish Travel Document. The persons concerned were granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 09/05/2007, for 3 years until 9 May 2010.

The persons in question were issued with temporary Irish Travel Documents on the 19/07/2007, valid for 1 year, to allow them obtain their own national passports. The applicants were advised at that time that these documents would not be renewed. They then applied in May 2009 for the documents to be renewed and were advised to contact their national Embassy in order to obtain their national passports. In all cases, INIS must be satisfied, prior to issuing a temporary Irish Travel Document, that there is no alternative open to the applicant and that they are prevented from procuring a national passport.