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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 1 May 1947

Vol. 105 No. 14

Written Answers. - Naturalisation Certificates.

William Davin

Mr. Davin

asked the Minister for Justice if he will state the number of certificates of naturalisation of aliens which have been granted each year since the enactment of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935; and further, in respect of each person to whom a certificate was issued: (i) his former nationality; and (ii) the vocation practised by him.

Mr. Boland

The answer is as follows:—

Year

Number of Certificates of Naturalisation issued

Previous Nationality of persons naturalised

Vocations

1935

Nil

—

—

1936

42

9

British

2

Civil Servants, 7 Minors.

13

German

4

Married women, 2 Agents, 4 Pork Butchers, 1 Accountant, 1 Waiter, 1 Cycle and Radio Dealer.

3

Belgian

1

Civil Engineer, 1 Secretary, 1 Factory Manager.

3

Russian

1

Independent Means, 1 Religious worker, 1 Married woman.

9

Polish

1

Student, 1 Merchant, 1 Money Lender, 1 Commercial Traveller, 1 Boot Manufacturer, 2 Clothing Manufacturers, 1 Hairdresser, 1 Married woman.

2

Czecho-Slovak

2

Factory Managers.

1

Italian

1

Religious Brother.

1

Lithuanian

1

Store Manager.

1

French

1

Clerk.

1937

52

1

Lithuanian

1

Managing Director.

8

Polish

2

Ministers of Religion, 1 Box Manufacturer, 2 Married women, 1 Store Manager, 1 Knitwear Manufacturer, 1 Gown Manufacturer.

1

Roumanian

1

Draper.

12

German

5

Pork Butchers, 1 Turner, 1 Independent means, 1 Teacher of Languages, 1 Chef, 1 Married woman, 1 Agent, 1 Hairdresser.

8

Russian

1

Independent means, 3 Married women, 1 Manager and Buyer, 1 Religious Worker, 1 Cabinet Maker, 1 Clothing Manufacturer.

2

French

1

Minor, 1 Married woman.

2

Belgian

1

Shop Assistant, 1 Organist.

3

Dutch

1

Chemical Engineer, 1 Factory Manager, 1 Married woman.

2

Swiss

1

Jeweller, 1 Married woman.

2

Italian

1

Shop Assistant, 1 Café Proprietor.

3

British

1

Wireless Operator, 1 Gown Manufacturer, 1 Minor.

1

Spanish

1

Company Director.

1

Danish

1

Seaman.

1

Greek

1

Vendor of Oriental Goods.

1

Argentinian

1

Company Director.

1

American

1

Grocer.

3

Stateless

1

Fitter, 1 Poultry Farmer, 1 Ladies' Tailor.

1938

76

2

Polish

2

Married women.

3

Swiss

2

Confectioners, 1 Chef.

15

German

4

Electricians, 1 Pork Butcher, 1 Married woman, 1 Musician, 1 Independent means, 1 Confectioner, 1 Knitwear Manufacturer, 1 Mechanic, 1 Restaurant Proprietor, 1 Display Artist, 1 Sales Manager, 1 Violin maker.

6

Russian

2

Gown and Costume Manufacturers, 1 Nurse, 1 Cutlery Manufacturer, 1 Company Director, 1 Married woman.

19

British

4

Married women, 11 Minors, 3 Company Directors, 1 Fancy Goods Dealer.

3

French

1

Teacher, 1 Married woman, 1 Chef.

11

Belgian

1

Confectioner, 5 Organists, 2 Married women, 1 Electrician, 1 Nursery Proprietor, 1 Engineer.

1

Roumanian

1

Bookseller.

2

Dutch

1

Company Director, 1 Gardener.

2

Italian

1

Chef, 1 Sculptor.

1

Hungarian

1

Amusement Caterer.

9

Czecho-Slovak

1

Salt Merchant, 1 Mechanic, 2 Engineers, 2 Sugar Cooks, 2 Electricians, 1 Married woman.

1

Argentinian

1

Married woman.

1

American

1

Married woman.

1939

67

6

Italian

4

Terrazzo Specialists, 1 Shopkeeper, 1 Caterer.

14

German

8

Married Women, 1 Photographer, 1 Organist, 1 Shop Manager, 1 Pork Butcher, 1 Confectioner, 1 Officer of Defence Forces.

4

Czecho-Slovak

1

Married woman, 1 Waiter, 1 Sugar Cook, 1 Fitter.

6

American

1

Shopkeeper, 4 Married women, 1 Minor.

2

Belgian

1

Married woman, 1 Organist.

3

Polish

1

Married woman, 1 Teacher of Languages, 1 Minister of Religion.

21

British

4

Married women, 4 Minors, 1 Turf Accountant, 1 Shopkeeper, 1 Furniture Manufacturer, 1 Tailor's cutter, 2 Statue makers, 1 Independent means, 1 Managing Director, 1 University Lecturer, 1 Company Representative, 2 Pork Butchers, 1 Student.

2

Russian

1

Money Lender, 1 Factory Manager.

1

Hungarian

1

Chef.

1

Greek

1

Independent means.

1

Swiss

1

Company Director.

1

Latvian

1

Married woman.

2

French

2

Married women.

1

Iraqian

1

Independent means.

1

Lithuanian

1

Cabinet maker.

1

Stateless

1

Independent means.

1940

23

11

British

3

Married women, 6 Minors, 1 Actor, 1 Independent means.

4

German

4

Married women.

1

Swiss

1

Married woman.

1

Danish

1

Married woman.

1

French

1

Minor.

1

Bulgarian

1

Married woman.

1

Estonian

1

Married woman.

2

Russian

2

Married women.

1

Austrian

1

Minor.

1941

13

1

Polish

1

Married woman.

1

Austrian

1

Married woman.

8

British

5

Minors, 2 Married women, 1 Commercial Traveller.

1

German

1

Married woman.

1

Hungarian

1

Married woman.

1

Dutch

1

Married woman.

1942

13

1

French

1

Married woman.

7

British

5

Minors, 1 Secretary, 1 Married woman.

4

American

3

Minors, 1 Salesman.

1

German

1

Married woman.

1943

8

2

German

2

Married women.

4

British

3

Minors, 1 Architect.

1

American

1

Minor.

1

Swiss

1

Married woman.

1944

16

7

British

5

Minors, 1 Scrap and Machinery Merchant, 1 Married woman.

5

American

4

Minors, 1 Married woman.

1

Dutch

1

Married woman.

1

German

1

Minor.

1

Greek

1

Minor.

1

Iraqian

1

Married woman.

1945

32

1

Russian

1

Married woman.

4

British

1

Masseuse, 1 Labourer, 1 Salesman, 1 Independent means.

3

American

2

Minors, 1 Married woman.

2

Hungarian

1

Teacher of Languages, 1 Married woman.

8

German

1

Secretary, 2 Independent means, 1 Married woman, 1 Minister of Religion, 1 Student, 1 Midwife, 1 Teacher.

3

Austrian

1

Student, 1 Dentist, 1 Civil Engineer.

3

Italian

1

Teacher, 1 Café Assistant, 1 Restaurant Proprietor.

2

Belgian

1

Married woman, 1 General Agent.

3

Czecho-Slovak

1

Teacher, 1 Mechanic, 1 Company Director.

2

Dutch

1

Farmer, 1 Bulb Grower.

1

Stateless

1

Minor.

1946

167

51

German

2

Company Directors, 19 Married women, 1 Die Maker, 1 Housekeeper, 1 Horse Trainer, 1 Antique Dealer, 2 Ministers of Religion, 1 General Manager, 1 Music Teacher, 1 Market gardener, 1 Hat Designer, 1 Engineer, 1 Factory Manager, 1 Dietician, 1 Medical Doctor, 1 Clerk, 1 Pork Butcher, 1 Farmer, 1 Filing Expert, 1 Woodwork Designer, 1 Student, 1 Teacher, 1 Merchant, 1 Lecturer, 1 Organist, 1 Toy Maker, 1 Agent, 1 University Professor, 2 Home duties, 1 Works Manager.

39

Austrian

9

Married women, 2 Works Managers, 1 General Manager, 1 Managing Director, 2 Managers, 1 Technical Manager, 1 Restaurant Manager, 1 Manageress, 2 Company Directors, 1 Independent means, 1 Electrical Engineer, 1 University Lecturer, 2 Teachers, 1 Industrial Chemist, 3 University Students, 1 Agriculturist, 1 Tool Maker, 3 Designers, 1 Governess, 1 Nurse, 1 Home duties, 1 Hosiery Engineer, 1 Agent.

6

Polish

2

Married women, 1 General Manager, 1 Knitwear Manufacturer, 1 Managing Director, 1 Minor.

7

Dutch

1

Married woman, 1 Foreman, 1 Bulb grower, 1 Merchant, 1 Writer, 1 Minor, 1 Brass finisher.

14

Czecho-Slovak

5

Married women, 2 Technicians, 1 General Manager, 1 Salt Manufacturer, 2 Engineers, 1 Variety Artist, 1 Home duties, 1 Minister of Religion.

11

Italian

2

Married women, 3 Café Proprietors, 1 Foreman, 1 Confectioner, 1 Brush manufacturer, 1 Restaurant Manager, 1 Shop Assistant, 1 Caterer.

15

British

7

Married women, 3 Minors, 1 Architect, 1 Minister of Religion, 1 Overseer, 1 Religious Brother, 1 Engineering Draughtsman.

2

Hungarian

1

Independent means, 1 Horticulturist.

1

Norwegian

1

Navvy Driver.

2

Danish

1

Married woman, 1 Confectioner.

2

American

1

Married woman, 1 Minor.

3

French

3

Married women.

1

Spanish

1

Married woman.

2

Belgian

2

Married women.

2

Finnish

1

Married woman, 1 Manager.

2

Estonian

1

Housekeeper, 1 Ship's Engineer.

1

Iraqian

1

Company Director.

1

Roumanian

1

Married woman.

1

Russian

1

Commercial Traveller.

4

Stateless

3

Married women, 1 Managing Director.

1947 (to 30/4/47)

39

1

Hungarian

1

Electrical Contractor.

8

British

2

Married women, 5 Minors, 1 Manager.

3

Russian

1

Married woman, 1 Managing Director, 1 Medical Doctor.

1

Dutch

1

Nurseryman.

7

Austrian

3

Married women, 1 Medical Student, 1 Engineer, 1 Works Manager, 1 Designer.

7

German

1

Married woman, 1 Electrician, 1 Organist, 1 Cook, 1 Electrical Expert, 1 Manufacturers' Assistant, 1 Home duties.

4

Czecho-Slovak

1

Married woman, 1 Minister of Religion, 1 Baker and Confectioner, 1 Housekeeper.

3

Italian

2

Married women, 1 Grocer and Confectioner.

1

Swedish

1

Company Director.

1

Polish

1

Minister of Religion.

1

Greek

1

Seaman.

1

American

1

Minor.

1

Danish

1

Married woman.
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