Written answers

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Citizenship Applications

11:00 pm

Photo of Terence FlanaganTerence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query in relation to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25645/09]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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In the absence of more detailed information relating to the specific case, the Deputy will appreciate that I am unable to provide a definitive response. However, I can advise of the position generally.

Section 23 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that a person who marries a non-Irish national, shall not, merely by virtue of the marriage, cease to be an Irish citizen, even if he or she acquires the nationality of the non-Irish national. The amended Section 6 (5) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, which is deemed to have come into effect on 2 December, 1999, provides that a person born in the island of Ireland who has renounced Irish citizenship by making a declaration of alienage under section 21 of the 1956 Act will remain entitled to be an Irish citizen. Such a person will not be an Irish citizen unless he or she makes a declaration of citizenship, in a form required by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and in that case the resumed Irish citizenship operates from the making of that declaration.

The only way that a person who was born outside Ireland whose declaration of alienage had been accepted could subsequently regain Irish citizenship would be through naturalisation.

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in regard to an application for naturalisation by persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25652/09]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Section of my Department on 16 October 2006 and 16 June 2006 respectively. Officials in that Section inform me that processing of the applications is at an advanced stage and the files will be forwarded to me for a decision in the coming months.

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