Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 1 October 2015, and the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway, the extent to which that person's correspondence has been processed given that the person did not receive a letter as indicated at that time; if further information is outstanding; if a temporary travel document will issue to the person to facilitate a compassionate visit to the person's homeland in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41068/15]

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 application the Deputy is referring to is currently under consideration and documentation which was received from the Deputy, on their behalf in August 2015, is part of this process.

With regard to travel documents, INIS advises me that in exceptional cases an application for Irish temporary travel document may be considered in respect of qualifying non Irish nationals who are resident in Ireland. In all such cases, INIS must be satisfied that there is no alternative open to the applicant before an Irish temporary travel document will issue. The person concerned has to show that they have made reasonable and formal efforts to obtain a national passport, that it has been formally and unreasonably refused and that their own consular authorities are unable to offer consular assistance to them whilst resident in the State.

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 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 Parliamentary Question 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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148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 8 October 2015, the extent to which an original passport from a person's homeland will be waived in the context of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41069/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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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. I advised the Deputy, in my response to his Parliamentary Question 130 of 8 October 2015, that if the person concerned required additional time to respond to a request to provide her current passport then this would of course be facilitated. Consideration will however be given of her reasons for not being in a position to provide the requested document, following which further contact will be made with the person concerned.

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.