Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); the actions the person must take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38041/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in June 2007. I decided in my absolute discretion not to grant a certificate of naturalisation and the reasons for refusal was disclosed to the applicant in a letter issued to him on 1 April, 2010.

There is no appeals process under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act,1956, as amended.

It is open to the person in question to lodge a new application for a certificate of naturalisation with the Citizenship Division of my Department at any time. However, in doing so he should bear in mind the reasons for refusal of the previous application.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.