Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2013
191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 13 June 2013, the position regarding residency status/eligibility for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34144/13]
View answerThe Deputy should note that as the person concerned has no current right of residency in the State, he would not be in a position to meet the lawful residency criteria applicable to persons applying to my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation. As stated in my Reply to the Deputy's earlier Question, the position in the State of the person concerned will be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. At that time, all representations submitted, including those relating to the family and domestic circumstances of the person concerned, will be considered before a final decision is made. Once a decision has been made, this decision, and the consequences of the decision, will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS 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.
