Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a certificate of naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21755/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As previously advised to the Deputy, the certificate of naturalisation for the person referred to was sent by registered post on 14 July 2021 to the address held on file. Tracking records indicate that it was delivered on 15 July 2021 at 10.30am. 

My Department has advised the person concerned to contact An Post directly. If their investigations with An Post proves unsuccessful, they will need to report the missing certificate of naturalisation to An Garda Síochána and provide my Department with a report.

To date, the Citizenship Division of my Department has not received the report or the questionnaire to enable the issue of a statement to the person concerned in lieu of the certificate of naturalisation.

The questionnaire is available for download on my Department's immigration website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Questionnaire-Form-Lost-Cert.pdf .

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, 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 Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.