I am advised by the Immigration Service of my Department that the person concerned last applied for naturalisation in February 2017. This application was subsequently deemed ineligible as the person concerned had submitted their application with an incomplete statutory declaration form. The applicant was advised of this by letter to their solicitor on 27 March 2017 and again on 12 September 2017.
It is open to the person concerned to lodge a new application if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time. It should be noted that if the person concerned is lodging a new application, they will need to submit a new form plus supporting documentation and a statutory application fee as required under Section 17 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service of my Department 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 Immigration Service is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.