195 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for subsidiary protection from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; when the application will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11089/07]

The position is that the person concerned made an application for Subsidiary Protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006 (Statutory Instrument No. 518 of 2006) on 26 January 2007. His application was refused by my Department on 14 March 2007.

The applicant instituted Judicial Review proceedings on 22 March, 2007 challenging the Subsidiary Protection refusal and accordingly, as the matter is sub judice, I do not propose to comment further.