Jones v Minister for Justice

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Jones v Minister for Justice
Respondent/Defendant:Minister for Justice
Court/s:Court of Appeal
Citation/s:[2019] IECA 285
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial review/Appeal
Judgment Date/s:14 Nov 2019
Judge:Whelan M
Category:Citizenship
Keywords:Citizenship, Citizenship (Acquisition of), Naturalisation
Country of Origin:Australia
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/31702c60-3d89-4ff8-a581-5ba6454fa1cf/2019_IECA_285_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts Section 15(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides, inter alia, that “Upon receipt of an application for a certificate of naturalisation, the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant the application, if satisfied that the applicant … (c) has had a period of one year’s continuous residence in the State immediately before the date … Read More

Principles:The term “continuous residence” should be given its ordinary and natural meaning and the Minister was entitled to adopt a policy that permitted up to six weeks’ absence from the State per year while remaining continuously resident in the State for the purposes of an application for naturalisation.
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