Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an original passport submitted with a recent application for naturalisation can now be returned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14933/17]

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 recent application for a certificate of naturalisation, including the original passport, has been returned to the person concerned. She should re-submit the application, including the original passport, when she is in a position to do so and when she expects that she will not need the passport for at least 4 weeks. This period is to allow appropriate checks to be carried out on all identity documents submitted in support of an application for naturalisation. She should also have regard to the requirement for the Statutory Declaration, which forms part of the prescribed form, to be properly completed when submitting the application.

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.