Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when temporary travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39868/09]

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 2003 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 19 February 2009 for 3 years until 19 February 2012.

In exceptional cases an application for an 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 national passport if their presence is required outside the State.

I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of INIS that the person concerned has had two applications for a temporary travel document refused recently as the applications received were 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 by the relevant supporting documentation to the Travel Document Unit of INIS which is located at 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.