Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the citizenship status of a person (details supplied); and if the citizenship section has received the person's applications in view of the fact the applicant has not received an acknowledgement and the section has not responded to subsequent requests from the person for an acknowledgement. [41965/19]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Immigration Service of my Department that the person concerned last applied for naturalisation in February 2017. This application was subsequently deemed ineligible as the person concerned had submitted their application with an incomplete statutory declaration form. The applicant was advised of this by letter to their solicitor on 27 March 2017 and again on 12 September 2017.

It is open to the person concerned to lodge a new application if and when they are in a position to meet the statutory requirements applicable at that time. It should be noted that if the person concerned is lodging a new application, they will need to submit a new form plus supporting documentation and a statutory application fee as required under Section 17 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service of my Department 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 Immigration Service is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the citizenship status of a person (details supplied) that is waiting over a year for a response. [41966/19]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that a letter was issued by my Department to the person concerned on the 1 April 2019, indicating that I propose to grant the application. This letter does not, however, constitute a grant of a certificate of naturalisation. The person concerned should now submit the documentation requested in the letter, along with the required fee, to the Citizenship Division of my Department.

As indicated in the letter issued, if the application for a certificate of naturalisation is to be granted, the next correspondence that they will receive from this office, will be to inform them that they will be required to attend a citizenship ceremony on a specific date.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.