Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for post nuptial citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23272/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I informed the Deputy in response to Parliamentary Question No. 243 on 16 February 2006 that my officials were in the process of writing to the person in question in relation to matters concerning her cohabitation with her husband. A letter in this regard issued to the person concerned on 21 February 2006. While some additional documentation has been submitted in response to this letter, my officials sought details of the periods of cohabitation of the couple since their marriage in 1995 and these have not yet been furnished.

The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended required that at the time of lodgement of the declaration on 4 February 2005, the person in question and her Irish spouse were living together as husband and wife. As I have already explained to the Deputy, the person concerned and her husband have resided in different jurisdictions for most of their married life. Information and documentation provided to date have not satisfied my officials that the person in question and her husband were living together as husband and wife on 4 February 2005. My officials are considering how to proceed with this matter and will be in touch with the person in question in the near future.