288 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2411/11]

A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in July 2007. I decided in my absolute discretion to grant a certificate of naturalisation. Officials in the Citizenship Division inform me that a certificate of naturalisation issued to the applicant via registered post on 30 June, 2010. To date no application for a certificate of naturalisation has been received from the second named person.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.