Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 January 2010
221 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2904/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraValid applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in August 2007. Processing of the applications has been completed and I have reached a decision on both. The persons concerned will be informed of the decisions in the near future.
222 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2905/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraA valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in May 2007. I decided in my absolute discretion to grant a certificate of naturalisation and the person in question was informed of that decision in a letter issued to him on 14 July, 2009.
Officials in the Citizenship Division inform me that they wrote to the person in question via his legal representatives on 29 October, 2009 seeking clarification in relation to the name to be used on the certificate of naturalisation (the name that appears on a certificate of naturalisation, except in the case of a married woman, will be that which appears on the birth certificate as submitted by the person concerned). A reminder letter was issued on 13 January, 2010. Clarification was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department on 18 January, 2010. A certificate of naturalisation will issue to the person concerned in the near future.
223 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency and citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2906/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 706 on 3 November, 2009. The position remains as stated.
The General Immigration Division of my Department has informed me that in November 2009 an application was received from the person in question for a Without Condition As To Time endorsement, also known as stamp 5. The application was processed and as the person had acquired the necessary immigration residency stamps his passport was endorsed with a Without Condition As To Time endorsement and returned to him by registered post on the 26 November 2009. The Without Condition As To Time endorsement gives the person in question residency in the State until his current passport expires on the 17 May 2014. Records with the Garda National Immigration Bureau show that the person in question registered his new endorsement on the 2 December 2009.
