Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1263 of 18 September 2012, the documentation deemed missing from the application for naturalisation made in 2010 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to warrant the return of the application to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3597/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in November 2010.

On examination of the application submitted, it was determined that the application be returned in its entirety to the person concerned for further attention on 23 November 2010. The applicant was requested to submit a copy of her passport including her residence stamps, to address issues with the completion of her form and to provide further details in regard to one of her parents. In order to be fair to all applicants, only valid applications can be considered.

There is no record of the application having been re-submitted by the person concerned. 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.