Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the case of a request for permission to change nationality in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17539/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In the absence of more specific information I can only give the general position with regard to naturalisation.

Officials in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) inform me that there is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question. 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.

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.