Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been resident here for nine years; if he will expedite a decision in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38318/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in June 2008.

Officials in the Citizenship Division inform me that on examination of the application submitted it was determined that the person concerned did not meet the residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The person in question was informed of this in a letter issued to him via his legal representatives on 5 September, 2008.

It is open to him to lodge a new application for a certificate of naturalisation if and when he is in a position to meet the statutory requirements.

Application forms and information on the statutory requirements in relation to an application for a certificate of naturalisation are available on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services website at www.inis.gov.ie.

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.