Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency by persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21198/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The persons concerned were granted permission to remain in the State for one year in 2002 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA parents of Irish born children. This permission has been renewed on a regular basis and is currently valid until 6 May, 2013. I should inform the Deputy that the applications of both individuals referred to for a Certificate of Naturalisation have entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. I have been informed by officials of my Department that the persons concerned were informed of this in letters recently issued to them. Once the prescribed fee and requested documents have been submitted, an invitation to a citizenship ceremony will issue to both applicants at which they will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive their Certificates of Naturalisation.

I should also remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made directly 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.