278. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the citizenship status of a person (details supplied) that is waiting over a year for a response. [41966/19]

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.