Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the fact that in his reply to a pervious parliamentary question he indicated that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare entered the country in 2008, did in fact first enter the country on 31 January 2001 as an unaccompanied minor and has remained here since with their mother and that this information was conveyed to his Department on 31 January 2001 when the East Coast Area Health Board handed over responsibility to their mother, he will review the case on these grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The question concerned refers to my response to a previous Parliamentary Question in relation to the person concerned. However, no further information identifying the specific previous Parliamentary Question referred to has been supplied. Following an extensive review of all previous Parliamentary Questions regarding the person concerned, officials in my Department have been unable to locate the specific Question. Indeed I am informed that no record of a reply which stated that the person concerned entered the State in 2008 could be found. Efforts to make contact with the Deputy's office to clarify the matter were unsuccessful. Therefore, in the absence of any further information regarding the specific Parliamentary Question referred to by the Deputy, I am unable to give a detailed response.

If the Deputy could revert to my Department with the number and answer date of the Parliamentary Question referred to in his question, I will then be in a position to give a detailed response.