Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if naturalisation will be granted. [3650/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question was received in the Citizenship section of my Department in November 2004. Officials in that section submitted the application for a decision in July 2007 and my predecessor decided to refuse the application. The reasons for the decision were disclosed to the applicant in a letter dated 1 August 2007. It is open to the person in question to lodge a fresh application if and when he is in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time.