Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 June 2014
150. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a travel document or other facility might be offered to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26534/14]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department to refer the Deputy to my answer to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of Tuesday of this week, 17 June 2014. The situation has not changed in the intervening two days.
"I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that in exceptional cases an application for Irish temporary travel document may be considered in respect of qualifying non Irish nationals who are resident in Ireland. In all such cases, INIS must be satisfied that there is no alternative open to the applicant before an Irish temporary travel document will issue. The person concerned has to show that they have made reasonable and formal efforts to obtain a national passport, that it has been formally and unreasonably refused and that their own consular authorities are unable to offer consular assistance to them whilst resident in the State.
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 applicable application form is available at "www.inis.gov.ie".
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited."
