Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2011
203 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30703/11]
View answerAn application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in October 2011. On examination of the application submitted, it was determined that the application be returned in its entirety to the person concerned for further attention on 7 October, 2011. In order to be fair to all applicants, only valid applications can be considered.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by e-mail 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.
204 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the matter of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30704/11]
View answerI am pleased to inform the Deputy that I approved the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person in question and a certificate was presented to her at a citizenship ceremony on 29 September 2011.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by e-mail 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.
