Written answers

Tuesday, 6 February 2007

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Citizenship Applications

10:00 am

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 210: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will meet the necessary residency requirements to qualify for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3488/07]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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I refer the Deputy to my response to Parliamentary Question No. 136 on 23 November 2006 wherein I informed him that the person in question did not have five years reckonable residency in the State prior to submitting his application and thus did not satisfy the statutory residency requirements at that time. I have now been informed by officials in the Citizenship Division of my Department that the person concerned has not renewed his position to remain in the State since July 2006. If an individual is required to have the permission of the Minister to remain in the State and does not obtain or renew that permission as applicable, that person is in breach of Irish Immigration law and may ultimately be subject to deportation proceedings. The person in question should remedy this situation by contacting his local immigration officer. By allowing his permission to remain in the State to lapse, the person in question will not be eligible to apply for a certificate of naturalisation until he can satisfy the statutory condition of having one year's continuous reckonable residence in the State prior to lodging his application.

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