Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will return the original birth certificates submitted by a person (details supplied) along with applications for naturalisation status as they require such documentation to update their passports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15704/16]

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 no original birth certificates accompanied the applications for naturalisation made on behalf of the persons referred to by the Deputy. There are certified copies of birth certificates for both individuals on file and copies of these can be supplied if required.

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.