Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a temporary travel document can issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24050/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that no application for a temporary travel document has been received from the person in question to-date.

In exceptional cases an application for an Irish temporary travel document may be considered from a person who has been granted leave to remain in the State and who does not possess a passport. In all cases, INIS must be satisfied that there is no alternative open to the applicant before an Irish temporary travel document will issue. The possession of a passport is by far the most secure and easy manner for non nationals living in this State to travel. The person concerned has to show that they have made reasonable and formal efforts to obtain a national passport and that it has been formally and unreasonably refused. Provision of original correspondence from the relevant consular authorities is an essential component when considering any temporary travel document application.

It is open to the person in question to submit an 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. Full information in this regard and the application form are available on the INIS website which is www.inis.gov.ie