Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it might be possible to facilitate the request from a person (details supplied) for transfer from their present accommodation to an area close to that of their spouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14842/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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 details supplied is currently availing of direct provision accommodation as a single person at Kinsale Road accommodation centre in Cork. The details supplied state that this person's spouse is living in the State. As this person's spouse is not entitled to avail of direct provision accommodation, it remains open to her to make alternative accommodation arrangements with her spouse outside of the direct provision system.