Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in regard to residency status and-or eligibility to apply for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32675/15]

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 the person concerned was initially granted permission to remain in the State for one year on 12 February, 2001. This person's permission has been regularly renewed and is currently valid until March, 2016.

I understand, however, that there is no record of a recent application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person concerned but that a previous application was refused for reasons provided to the person concerned in April 2014.

It is open to any individual to lodge an application for citizenship if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements as prescribed in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 as amended.

The Deputy will be aware that 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.