Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32761/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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An application for residence in the State on the sole basis of marriage to an Irish national was received from the person in question on 24 July 2009. The Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) issued an acknowledgement of this application and request for documentation on 30 July 2009.

Applications of this kind, in fairness to all other applicants, are dealt with in chronological order and currently take up to nine months to process. It should be noted that marriage to an Irish national does not confer an automatic right of residence in the State.