The Travel Document Unit of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) informs me that the person referred to in the Deputy's question has been granted as an exceptional measure, temporary permission to remain in the State until 12 May 2011. I am advised by INIS that the holding of this permission does not extend to the issuance of a temporary travel document.
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.
The INIS informs me that the person concerned has had two recent applications for Irish temporary travel documents refused on 02 September 2010 and 23 September 2010. He was advised on both occasions to contact his own consular authorities to establish the procedures to be followed which would allow for him to procure a national passport whilst resident in this State without the assistance of the Irish authorities. It is open to the person in question to submit a new 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.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.