Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to the residency status and-or eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32674/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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If the person in question 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.

With regard to residency status, the Deputy is reminded that protection applicants are issued with a temporary residence permission pending a final decision on their application. In the event that an applicant is finally determined not to be in need of protection, consideration is then given to whether the person should be granted leave to remain in the State on humanitarian grounds.

The question of naturalisation does not arise at this time in the case of the person whose details were supplied.