Vol. 505 No. 3
237 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will grant a certificate of naturalisation to a person (details supplied) whose father, mother and brother are citizens and whose skills would be of value here. [13722/99]
Having considered the application in question under the provisions of section 16(a) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1956 and 1986 where the applicant is of Irish descent or has Irish associations, I was not satisfied that I should grant a certificate of naturalisation. The person referred to was informed in writing of this decision earlier in the year.
It is of course open to the person in question to visit the State or to apply for permission to reside here in accordance with the provisions of Irish immigration laws.
238 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a citizen application will be facilitated for persons (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [13723/99]
Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to by the Deputy were submitted to this Department in May and November 1998 respectively.
The various procedures involved in processing an application for a certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person of full age, coupled with the high number of applications received are resulting in applications taking in excess of 12 months to complete. It is therefore likely to be some months yet before the application received in May of 1998 is finalised. With regard to the application received in November of that year, this is likely to be finalised around the middle of next year.
As soon as full consideration has been given to both applications, I will advise both the applicants and the Deputy of my decision in each case.
