Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency naturalisation in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57645/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned, together with the other family members referred to by the Deputy, are the subject of Deportation Orders, made against them, following a comprehensive and thorough examination of their asylum claims, applications for Subsidiary Protection and a detailed examination of the representations they submitted for consideration under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). There is no outstanding application for residency.

The effect of the Deportation Orders is that the persons concerned must leave the State and remain thereafter outside the State. The enforcement of the Deportation Orders is an operational matter for the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

There is no outstanding application for Zambrano in relation to the persons concerned.

I am satisfied that the applications made by the persons concerned for asylum and for temporary leave to remain in the State were fairly and comprehensively examined and, therefore, the decision to make Deportation Orders against them is justified.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by Email 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a residency naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57646/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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.

Legally resident non-EEA nationals over the age of sixteen years are required to register with their local immigration registration officer.

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. Section 16 of the Act provides however that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation, although the conditions for naturalisation (or any of them) are not complied with, where the applicant is a naturalised Irish citizen acting on behalf of a minor child under the age of 18 years.

The naturalised parent of the person concerned may consider submitting an application for naturalisation on behalf of her child once the minor has regularised her immigration status with the relevant authorities and before she reaches the age 18. After that point she would be required to submit an application in her own right as an adult.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected position and the reckonable residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57647/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in August, 2010.

The application is at an advanced stage of processing. Numerous attempts have been made, without success, to contact the person concerned regarding his application. It is vital that an applicant keeps my Department informed of any changes to their contact details. The person concerned should now write to the Citizenship section to provide details in relation to his move to his new address.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position regarding determination of residency or entitlement to long term residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57648/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of Tuesday, 13th November 2012. The position remains as stated.

Reply to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of Tuesday, 13th November 2012

I am advised by the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy in February, 2010.

The application is currently being processed with a view to establishing whether the applicant meets the statutory conditions for the granting of naturalisation and will be submitted to me for decision as expeditiously as possible. While good progress continues to be made in reducing the large volume of cases on hands, the nature of the naturalisation process is such that for a broad range of reasons some cases will take longer than others to process. It is a statutory requirement that, inter alia, applicants for naturalisation be of good character. In some instances that can be established relatively quickly and in other cases completing the necessary checks can take a considerable period of time. I can, however, inform the Deputy that enormous progress has been made in dealing with the backlog and steps are being taken to process all outstanding applications as quickly as possible.

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.

The applicant currently has permission to remain in the State until October 2015.