Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a certificate of naturalisation will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31655/12]

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 her of the position was issued to the person concerned on 16 March, 2012.

An invitation to a citizenship ceremony will issue to her in the coming weeks, at which she will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive her 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.