Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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299. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 10 December 2015, why the child of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualified for naturalisation but the person did not despite repeated attempts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2313/16]

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 from the first person referred to by the Deputy was refused for reasons provided to the person concerned in a letter issued on 31 March 2009 advising of the decision.

An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the second named person was also refused for reasons provided to the person concerned in a letter issued on 12 November 2014 advising of the decision.

It is open to the individuals concerned to lodge a new application for citizenship in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 as amended. Detailed information on Irish citizenship and naturalisation is available on the INIS website at www.inis.gov.ie. The website also contains an on-line naturalisation residency calculator which individuals may find of assistance in establishing if the residency requirements are met.

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 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 INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.