Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if all the documentation requested has been received in the relevant section of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22866/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Naturalisation Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the parents of the person concerned were granted permission to remain in the State in 2001 under the arrangements then in place for the non-EEA national parents of Irish born citizen children. The person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for one year on a stamp 4 basis until 23 January, 2015 and this permission to remain in the State has now expired. To date, the person referred to by the Deputy has not applied for renewal of this permission. It is open to the person concerned to apply to have the permission to remain further renewed. Any such application must be made in writing and should be addressed to the Residence Division 4, INIS, Department of Justice and Equality, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status, including eligibility for naturalisation, in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if eligibility for stamp 4 update has been clarified and improved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22868/15]

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 for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the person referred to by the Deputy, who currently has permission to reside in the State until 28 July, 2015. The application is at an advanced stage of processing and will be submitted to me for decision in due course.

As the Deputy will appreciate, the granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour 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.

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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if all the documentation requested by the relevant section in her Department has been furnished in respect of the person and the person's family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22869/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until such time as they have fully completed the protection process.

Applicants or their legal representatives are advised to contact the relevant office of my Department dealing with any such applications in relation to any queries concerning the application.

Protection applicants are issued with a temporary residence permission pending a final decision on their application.