Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to residency status or application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24211/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, 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 January 2003.

On examination of the application it was determined that the person concerned did not meet the statutory residency requirement as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A letter informing him of this was issued on 29 January 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.

Officials in the Long Term Residency section of my Department inform me that there is no record of an application from the individual in question.