Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 December 2018
265. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 27 November 2018, if temporary travel documentation will be granted to allow the person travel to Brussels to claim the person's passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50954/18]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the position in the State of the person concerned is as set out in my Reply to the Deputy's earlier Parliamentary Question, No. 294 of Tuesday 27 November 2018. That reply is copied beneath.
In terms of the request that a Temporary Travel Document might be issued to the person concerned to facilitate travel outside the State, the fact is that there would be little point in having the person concerned make an application for a Temporary Travel Document without their first having a right of residence in the State as any such application made would almost inevitably be refused. Therefore, the person concerned should await the outcome of their application for renewal of their permission to remain before any other steps would be taken. I am advised that a decision on that application will be made in the coming weeks.
Reply to PQ No. 294 of 27 November 2018:
I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has applied for the renewal of their permission to remain which expired on 9 February 2018. I am also advised that the process of having this application completed has been complicated, and delayed, by the continuing failure of the person concerned to provide definitive, reliable, documentary evidence to attest to their identity and nationality.
I am further advised that once the relevant personnel in the INIS have satisfied themselves as to the identity and nationality of the person concerned, detailed consideration can be given to their application for renewal of permission to remain.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.
