Written answers
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Prisoner Transfers
9:00 am
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 351: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when accommodation transfer to Dublin will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37446/10]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal.
The person referred to in the question is a resident at an accommodation centre in Monaghan and has made a number of requests to the RIA for transfer from that accommodation centre on medical grounds. These have been responded to with the latest response issuing on 30 September, 2010. The latest request had been referred to an independent medical referee for consideration and recommendation as to whether a transfer was warranted.
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