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Naturalisation Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2020

Thursday, 5 March 2020

Questions (377)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

377. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3129/20]

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Written answers

My Department received applications for certificates of naturalisation from the first and fourth named persons referred to by the Deputy in May 2019. The processing of these applications is still on-going and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible.  If further documentation is required, it will be requested from the applicants in due course.

An application for a certificate of naturalisation, received on 25 September 2017 from the second person referred to by the Deputy, was deemed ineligible on 23 January 2018 as the applicant did not meet the residency criteria at the time of application. It is open to the person concerned to lodge a new application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time of application.

An application for a Stamp 5 Without Condition As To Time endorsement was received from the third person referred to by the Deputy on 1 May 2019.  The processing of this application is ongoing. Some cases, for a broad range of reasons, will take longer than others to process.  In some instances, completing the necessary checks can take a considerable period of time.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to 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 is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

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