Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of persons (details supplied) for certificates of naturalisation. [14760/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for certificates of naturalisation on behalf of the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in January 2004, and my predecessor decided in his absolute discretion to grant certificates of naturalisation.

Officials in the Citizenship Division of my Department inform me that the mother of the three minor individuals in question wrote to my Department in July 2009 stating that the information contained in the certificates of naturalisation issued in 2004 was incorrect. The certificates of naturalisation that issued in 2004 were based on official documentation i.e. birth certificates and school letters submitted by the father of the three minor children in support of each application.

Officials inform me that letters requesting clarification of this discrepancy issued to the mother of the three minor individuals on 18 February, 2010, 19 March, 2010 and via her legal representatives on 30 March, 2010.

To date a satisfactory explanation has not been received by my Department.