Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a submission dated 31 March 2008 from a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has lived here since 1992 and is an applicant for a certificate of naturalisation; if he has had an opportunity to read this submission; if he will sympathetically review the refusal of this person's application for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18558/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I understand from officials in the Citizenship section of my Department that the submission dated 31 March, 2008 was received by my predecessor. This submission seeks to appeal the decision of my predecessor to refuse the application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person in question. The Deputy will be aware, however, that once an application for naturalisation is refused, the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended does not provide for any such appeals process. I further understand that the reasons my predecessor decided to refuse the said application were disclosed to the applicant in letters dated 3 July 2007 and 29 April 2008.

It is open to the person in question to lodge a new application if and when he is in a position to satisfy the statutory requirements applicable at that time.

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made regarding an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin, particularly in view of the reply to this Deputy on 31 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18561/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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An application for naturalisation from the person in question was received in the Citizenship section of my Department on 18 May 2005.

Officials in that section inform me that a letter requesting further documentation was sent to the applicant on 10 December 2007, but to date no reply has been received. Further processing of the application will commence once the documentation requested has been received.

I will inform the Deputy and the person in question when I have reached a decision on the matter.