Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the policy of requiring applicants for naturalisation to be in work has been modified due to the fact of the present difficulty in holding jobs or due to the fact of legal challenges. [24316/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question 429 on 23 March, 2010 in which I stated that I have adopted a general policy that I will generally require an applicant for naturalisation, unless he/she is a refugee, programme refugee or Stateless person, to show that he/she has supported him or herself (and his or her family if appropriate) while residing in the State and, as far as can be determined, is in a position to continue that support into the future.