The person concerned has had his temporary permission to remain in the State renewed for a further three year period, to 24 September, 2013. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 2 November, 2010.
An application for a Certificate of Naturalisation was received from the person concerned in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in July, 2010. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person concerned did not, at that time, meet the statutory residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The person concerned was informed of this in a letter issued to him on 15 July, 2010.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.