Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2014, if she is precluded from releasing the information required therein in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; if so, on what basis, legal or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48745/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The policy of my Department with regard to the provision of information in respect of individual applications for asylum or subsidiary protection and the legal basis underpinning this policy was fully explained in my letter to the Deputy dated 31 May, 2014. That letter referenced Section 19 (1) of the Refugee Act, 1996 which states that "The Commissioner, the Board, the Tribunal, the Minister, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and their respective officers shall take all practicable steps to ensure that the identity of applicants is kept confidential". Section 19(2) goes on to provide that no matter likely to lead members of the public to identify a person as an applicant under this Act shall be published in a written publication available to the public or be broadcast without the consent of that person.