Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding long-term residency or leave to remain or eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25196/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to remain in the State until 22 June 2016.

I can inform the Deputy that the application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course. The Deputy may wish to note that 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 established specifically 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.