Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 15 Dec 1998

Vol. 498 No. 4

Written Answers. - Naturalisation Applications.

Desmond J. O'Malley

Question:

397 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the names and addresses of the Irish citizens who provided character references for a person and eight others (details supplied) in County Meath and who were naturalised on 8 December 1990; if he will give the same information in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who was naturalised on 24 April 1995; if any of these ten people have ever resided in Ireland; and if they made declarations of loyalty and fidelity to the State in open court prior to their naturalisation. [27699/98]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

It has been long standing practice in my Department that details of individual applications for naturalisation, apart from those which are published in Iris Oifigiúil, are treated as confidential and I do not intend to depart from that practice on this occasion.