Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in the matter of determination of eligibility for residency/naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned has permission to remain in the State until 29th March, 2015. This position was notified to him by letter dated 19 April, 2012. The person concerned submitted an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation in September 2011. I decided to defer making my final decision on the application for a period of 18 months, until November 2014, in order that I might be satisfied that the person concerned continues to be of good character. The person concerned was notified of this decision by letter dated 9 May 2013. Processing of the application will resume in 2014. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency/entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24995/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my detailed Reply to his earlier Parliamentary Question, PQ No. 206 of Wednesday, 24th April 2013 - copied beneath. The position is unchanged since then.

As explained to the Deputy previously, the person concerned is a failed asylum applicant. Arising from the refusal of his asylum application, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), the person concerned was notified, by letter dated 31st October, 2000, that the then Minister proposed to make a Deportation Order in respect of him. He was given the options, to be exercised within 15 working days, of leaving the State voluntarily, of consenting to the making of a Deportation Order or of making representations to the Minister setting out the reasons why a Deportation Order should not be made against him. While written representations were submitted by and on behalf of the person concerned, no final decision was made in the case at that time.

Given that there was no further contact from or on behalf of the person concerned for some considerable time, processing of his case was put on hold. However, his case file was re-activated in May, 2008 when correspondence was received from his then legal representative indicating that further representations would follow soon after. However, no further representations were submitted at that time or indeed since.

The position in the State of the person concerned will now be decided by reference to the provisions of Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and Section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) on the prohibition of refoulement. Any representations on file will be considered before a final decision is made. Once a decision has been made, this decision, and the consequences of the decision, will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned.

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