Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 March 2012
160 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of entitlement to residency or naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe persons concerned were granted temporary permission to remain in the State in June 2000, under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission to remain was renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 6 December, 2012.
An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in December 2010. On examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person in question did not meet the statutory 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 her on 17 December, 2010.
There is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the second person referred to in the Deputy's question. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the prescribed statutory requirements. Officials in the Citizenship Division inform me that they have no record of any further application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned.
I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct 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.
