Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52642/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 4 permission, which expires on 21 November 2024.

Since 20 July 2020 all renewals of immigration permissions for the Dublin area are being processed online at: inisonline.jahs.ie.

It is open to the person to contact the Registration Office of my Department at immigrationsupport@justice.ie before the expiration of their immigration permission if they have urgent requirements .

Customers residing outside of Dublin should contact their local Garda Immigration office for advice.

The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, and all applications are processed in line with the eligibility criteria as set out under the Act. Each application is assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria attendant to naturalisation can only be made after an application is received.

Applicants are required to have 5 years reckonable residence in the state prior to making an application, except for spouses of Irish nationals where the requirement is 3 years. In both cases, the final 12 months must be continuous residence in the State with up to 6 weeks allowed to facilitate foreign travel for business family or holiday purposes.

Detailed information on Irish citizenship and the naturalisation process, along with the relevant application forms and guidance notes, is available on my Department's Irish Immigration website at: .

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.