800. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department can review a case (details supplied) where it appears that a systems error in INIS resulted in a case being prematurely closed, despite the applicant’s best efforts to supply the required information. [64173/26]

801. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are plans to introduce an independent complaints, review or oversight mechanism for the administration of naturalisation applications. [64172/26]

802. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he considers it appropriate that an INIS applicant's principal external remedy for an alleged administrative or procedural failure with their application is judicial review before the High Court. [64171/26]

803. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the mechanism that exists for an INIS applicant to have an alleged systemic or procedural failure independently examined, where the complaint does not concern the Minister's substantive decision on citizenship; and if there is no such mechanism, if there are plans to establish one. [64170/26]

804. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the independent body that has oversight of the administrative procedures used in processing naturalisation applications. [64169/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 800 to 804, inclusive, together.

In relation to the case referred to by the Deputy, I am advised that the naturalisation application in question was deemed ineligible on 11 March 2026, as it was incomplete because a certified copy of the parent's passport had not been provided.

The application was returned to the applicant on 28 April 2025, seeking the missing documentation. The requirement to provide a certified copy of the passport was clearly communicated to the applicant. A subsequent reminder also issued, which again outlined the documentation required. The requested document was not received within the timeframe provided.

Although no appeal mechanism is provided for under the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, it remains open to any person to submit a new application at any time. There is no time limit within which a new application may be made. Applicants are advised, when making a new application, to have regard to the reasons their previous application was deemed ineligible.

My Department has recently launched a new webpage to help people better understand the naturalisation application process, including the key documents required to establish identity and residency. The page also provides guidance on how documents may be certified; it can be accessed at:

www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-an-irish-citizen-guide/

I can advise the Deputy that there are currently no plans to establish a separate review or oversight mechanism in relation to the administration of naturalisation applications.

As an Oireachtas Member, the Deputy may also request the status of individual immigration cases by email through the Oireachtas Mail facility at IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been established specifically for this purpose. This service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information through the Parliamentary Question process.