Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 September 2013
1035. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the calculable reckonable residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 to facilitate an application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37174/13]
View answerThe person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 4 August, 1999 under the arrangements then applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005. This permission was renewed on a regular basis by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The permission to remain of the person concerned is currently valid until 22 February, 2015. I am informed by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 as amended. An on-line residency calculator is available on the website www.inis.gov.ie which may be of assistance in establishing if the residency requirements are met.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to 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 INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
