Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:151. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision on citizenship will be made on an application in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [4537/14]
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Questions (151, 152)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a family of two adults and three children (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has lived in a hostel for seven years awaiting a decision on a citizenship application. [4538/14]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 151 and 152 together.
Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's question. If the persons concerned have made applications for asylum or subsidiary protection, the position is that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they are in the protection process.
As the family's accommodation arrangements are the subject of a separate parliamentary question from the Deputy, that matter is not dealt with in this response.
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.