Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be expedited in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9185/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the applications have entered the final stage of processing and I intend to grant citizenship. Letters have issued to the persons referred to by the Deputy asking them to submit the prescribed fee and other documents. Upon receipt of the fees and documentation, the cases will be finalised. The persons concerned will be invited in due course to attend a citizenship ceremony, at which they will make a declaration of fidelity to the Irish Nation and loyalty to the State and receive their certificates 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.