Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 710: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a travel document will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31126/09]

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 in 2004 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 7 February 2008, for 3 years until 11 January 2011. As the person in question is a national of the Democratic Republic of Congo it is advisable for him to seek consular assistance from his own national authorities in relation to the procurement of a passport or temporary travel document to facilitate travel in order to obtain same. In exceptional cases an application for Irish temporary travel document may be considered. In all such cases, INIS must be satisfied that there is no alternative open to the applicant before an Irish temporary travel document will issue.

An application for an Irish temporary travel document will only be considered by the Immigration Services Section in INIS on receipt of a fully completed application form. Supporting documentation accompanying any such application should include original correspondence from the relevant consular authority outlining the steps necessary to be followed by the person to facilitate the procurement of a DRC national passport if their presence is required outside the State.

I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of INIS that an application for a temporary travel document was refused on 31 March 2009 in respect of the person in question as the application received was not accompanied with the requisite original correspondence from his own consular authorities. It remains open to the person in question to submit a new application for a temporary travel document accompanied with the relevant supporting documentation to the Travel Document Unit of INIS which is located at 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2