Written answers
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Citizenship Applications
9:00 pm
Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22981/11]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) in May 2011.
The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible.
The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the State but also at European Union level and it is important that appropriate procedures are in place to preserve the integrity of the process.
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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