Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and their eligibility to make an application for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51126/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order, made on 5th November, 2007, following a comprehensive examination of her asylum and subsidiary protection claims and the detailed examination of the representations she submitted for consideration under Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). On 27th December, 2012, the person concerned applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on the principles set out in the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. Once a decision has been made in this application, this decision, and the consequences of the decision, will be conveyed in writing to the person concerned. The Deputy should note that as the person concerned has no current right of residency in the State, she would not be in a position to meet the lawful residency criteria applicable to persons applying to my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.