Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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370. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 28 November 2013, if he will clarify the current residency status in view of the fact that this is the basis of the parliamentary question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52915/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, if the persons concerned have made applications for asylum the position is, as I have stated on numerous occasions to the Deputy, that it is not the practice to comment on applications for so long as they are in the protection process. Accordingly, all information in relation to an ongoing protection application is a matter for the independent statutory body concerned. As the Deputy knows the statutory independent bodies have an obligation to treat all protection applications in the strictest confidence.