Written answers

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Citizenship Applications

5:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will review a decision to refuse naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38377/10]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the second-named person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in April 2008 and I decided in my absolute discretion not to grant a certificate of naturalisation, based on all of the information available to me. The person concerned was informed of this decision in a letter issued to him on 8 October, 2010.

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

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