Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not been deemed eligible for naturalisation; if they can qualify at some point in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16515/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation. In accordance with the legislation the Minister makes decisions on naturalisation applications based on all of the information available.

My predecessor decided in his absolute discretion to refuse the application of the person referred to in the Deputy's question and she was informed of that decision in a letter issued to her on 24 March 2011.

It is open to the person concerned to lodge a new application for a certificate of naturalisation 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.