Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34141/13]

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 December, 2011. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course.

As well as being a significant event in the life of its recipient, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation as provided for in law is also a major step for the State which confers certain rights and entitlements not only within the State but also at European Union level and it is important that appropriate procedures are in place to preserve the integrity of the process.

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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189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to include a child, now aged 17, on an application for naturalisation and or provision of Stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34142/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The first person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State in 1997 under the arrangements then in place for non-EEA parents of Irish born children born in the State prior to 1 January, 2005. The permission was renewed on a regular basis by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) with the latest renewal valid until 29 September, 2016. The second person concerned is her dependant child.

I would advise the second person concerned or her parent to submit a written application for temporary permission to remain in the State to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) c/o PO Box 10003, Dublin 1. The documentation to be submitted with the application should include a colour copy of her parent's current GNIB card, original passport, two passport size photos, signed on the back, birth certificate and letters from school/college to prove continuous residency in the State. Upon receipt of the appropriate documentation, her case will be examined by the relevant officials in the INIS and a decision communicated to her in due course.

The first person concerned submitted an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation in December 2011. This application is currently at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. Should I decide to grant the application, the parent may then submit an application on behalf of the second person concerned, if she is under the age of 18. Otherwise, it is open to her to submit an application for a Certificate of Naturalisation in her own right.

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.