Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the likely timeframe for the process of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11136/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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 April, 2008. My predecessor decided in his absolute discretion not to grant the application. The person concerned was informed of this decision and the reason for it in a letter issued to him on 24th March, 2011.

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.