Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 October 2015
127. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35101/15]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that an application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to and that it has entered the final stage of processing. A letter has issued to the person concerned advising that I intend to grant her application and asking her to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. When the fee and documentation has been received, the person concerned will be invited in due course to attend a citizenship ceremony, at which she will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State, give an undertaking to faithfully observe the laws of the State and to respect its democratic values and receive her certificate of naturalisation.
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.
Question No. 128 withdrawn.
