Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in respect of the updating of stamp 4 and naturalisation process in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12109/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The first named person concerned has had his temporary permission to remain in the State renewed for a further one year period, until 11th April, 2012. This decision was conveyed to the person concerned by letter dated 31st March, 2011. The person concerned is required to apply one month before the end of his expiry period if he wishes to renew this temporary permission to remain.

Officials in the Citizenship Division of INIS inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from this first named person. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 as amended. The second person referred to by the Deputy was granted permission to remain in the State on 14 June, 2005 under the revised arrangements for the non-EEA parents of children born in Ireland prior to 1 January, 2005, commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission to remain was renewed in 2007 and in 2010, and is currently valid to 14 June, 2013. An application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the second named person in February 2011. The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether she meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible.

I am advised that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation having been submitted in respect of a minor child. Such an application is only possible where the child was born in the State without an entitlement to Irish citizenship, where there are Irish Associations or where the application is made by a naturalised Irish citizen on behalf of their child.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.