Written answers

Thursday, 14 November 2013

Department of Justice and Equality

Residency Permits

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency-eligibility and or entitlement to naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/13]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State on 18 May, 2005, for an initial two year period, under the revised arrangements applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children born in the State before 1 January, 2005, more commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission was later renewed for a further three years, to 18 May, 2010. Subsequently the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) renewed his permission with this latest permission due to expire on 9 May, 2016.

The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant an application for a certificate of naturalisation provided certain statutory conditions are fulfilled. One such condition is that I must be satisfied that the applicant is of good character.

An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned was received in the Citizenship Division of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department and I decided to refuse the application. The person concerned was informed of this and the reasons for it in a letter issued on 13 September, 2013. It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the prescribed statutory requirements.

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.

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