Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the matter of determination of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19443/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that 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 December 2009 and my predecessor decided to refuse the application on 2 March, 2011. The person concerned was informed of this in a letter issued to him on 11 March, 2011.

It is open to the person concerned to lodge a new application for a certificate of naturalisation if and when he is in a position to meet the statutory requirements. However, in doing so he should bear in mind the reasons for refusal of his previous application.

My officials inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the spouse of the person concerned.

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.