Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 815: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was refused. [23095/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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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. Section 15 of that Act requires that the applicant must have had a period of one years' continuous residence in the State immediately before the date of the application and, during the eight years immediately preceding that period, have had a total residence in the State amounting to four years.

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 May 2005. On examination of the application it was determined that the person concerned did not satisfy the above mentioned residency requirements. A letter informing him of this issued on 20 May 2005. It is open to the person in question to lodge a new application if and when he is in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time.