134 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are circumstances in which a recently naturalised person can have citizenship revoked by taking up employment in another EU country. [12716/02]

Section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, empowers me to revoke certificates of naturalisation if I am satisfied: (a) that the issue of the certificate was procured by fraud, misrepresentation, whether innocent or fraudulent, or concealment of material facts or circumstances; or (b) that the person to whom it was granted has, by any overt act, shown himself to have failed in his duty of fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State; or (c) that, except in the case of a person of Irish descent or associations, the person to whom it is granted has been ordinarily resident outside Ireland – other than in the public service – for a continuous period of seven years and without reasonable excuse has not during that period registered annually in the prescribed manner his name and a declaration of his intention to retain Irish citizenship with an Irish diplomatic mission or consular office or with the Minister; or (d) that the person to whom it is granted is also, under the law of a country at war with the State, a citizen of that country; or (e) that the person to whom it is granted has by any voluntary act other than marriage acquired another citizenship.