Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) may expect a decision on an application for naturalisation. [21290/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the application has entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. A letter informing him of the position was issued to the person concerned at his previous address on 24 February, 2012. A letter has now been issued to the person concerned at his current address. Once the prescribed fee and requested documents have been submitted, an invitation to a citizenship ceremony will issue to him at which he will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive his certificate of naturalisation.

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.