Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when their stamp four card will be restored; if and when they will qualify for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18320/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The person in question was the subject of a Family Reunification application which was approved in March 2002. Correspondence has recently issued to the legal representative of the person referred to by the Deputy extending his permission to remain in the State. On receipt of this correspondence, the person in question should present himself to the Garda National Immigration Bureau to have the appropriate endorsement placed on his documents and have a Certificate of Registration issued in respect of him. The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. These conditions are that the applicant must be of full age, or by way of exception, be a minor born in the State be of good character, have had a period of one year's continuous residency in the State immediately before the date of application and, during the eight years immediately preceding that period, have had a total residence in the State amounting to four years; intend in good faith to continue to reside in the State after naturalisation; have made, either before a Judge of the District Court in open court or in such a manner as the Minister for special reasons allows, a declaration in the prescribed manner, of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State.

In the context of naturalisation, certain periods of residence in the State are excluded. These include periods of residence in respect of which an applicant does not have permission to remain in the State periods granted for the purposes of study; periods granted for the purposes of seeking recognition as a refugee within the meaning of the Refugee Act, 1996.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if extended residency will be offered and a green card restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18321/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 142 of Thursday, 28 September, 2006 and No. 63 of Thursday, 15 June, 2006 and the written replies to those Questions. The position is unchanged.