Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise their residency preparatory to making an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30620/14]

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 an application was received from the person mentioned by the Deputy on 6 August 2013 for residence permission based on being the spouse of an Irish national. A letter issued to this person on 12 August 2013 requesting further documentation, including a valid national passport for the applicant.

A further letter issued to the applicant on 4 March 2014 requesting the submission of outstanding documents. This was followed up by a telephone call on 23 May 2014. The applicant indicated that they were in touch with their national Embassy here in Ireland with a view to obtaining a national passport. To date, no passport has been submitted. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit a valid national passport and until the applicant does so, the application for residency cannot be granted. It should also be noted that the applicant has failed to renew their registration with the Garda National Immigration Bureau since 2009 and has been residing in the State without any permission to do so since that time.

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.