Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 306: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46208/08]

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 Division of my Department in September 2007.

On examination of the application it was determined that the person in question did not meet the residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended. The applicant was informed of this in a letter issued on 6 February, 2008.

It is open to the person concerned to lodge a new application if and when she is in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time.