Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 November 2015
148. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 October 2015, the extent to which an original passport from a person's homeland will be waived in the context of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41069/15]
View answerAs the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the State but also at European Union level and it is important that appropriate procedures are in place to preserve the integrity of the process. I advised the Deputy, in my response to his Parliamentary Question 130 of 8 October 2015, that if the person concerned required additional time to respond to a request to provide her current passport then this would of course be facilitated. Consideration will however be given of her reasons for not being in a position to provide the requested document, following which further contact will be made with the person concerned.
The Deputy may wish to note that 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 established specifically 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.
