Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 955: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to the application for citizenship by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20320/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first-named person was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in June 2006. On examination of the application it was determined that the person concerned did not meet the residency requirement as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A letter informing her of this was issued, via her solicitors, on 23 July 2007.

It is open to the individual in question to lodge a new application if and when she is in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time. I have been informed by officials in the Citizenship Section of my Department that there is no record of an application from the second-named person.