Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 1 July 2010 the position regarding an application for residency and citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/11]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Revised Arrangements for non-EEA national parents of children born in the State prior to 1 January 2005, commonly referred to as the IBC/05 Scheme, had a Closing Date of 31 March 2005. Applications received after that date were not considered.

The application made under the Revised Arrangements by the person concerned was submitted on 2 October 2006, some 18 months after the Scheme's designated Closing Date. This being the case, the application was received much too late for consideration and the person concerned was informed of this by letter dated 18 March 2009.

The position in the State of the person concerned now falls to be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. All representations submitted, including those relating to his family and domestic circumstances, will be considered before the file is passed to me for decision. Once a decision has been made, this decision and the consequences of the decision will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

The Deputy might wish to note that as the person concerned is not legally resident in the State, the issue of citizenship does not arise at this time.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1941/11]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Valid applications for a certificate of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in November 2008.

The applications are currently being processed in the normal way with a view to establishing whether the applicants meet the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation.

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.