Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 July 2008
527 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will respond to a query regarding persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25477/08]
View answerAn application for a certificate of naturalisation from the first named applicant was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in December 2007. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in early 2006 and have approximately 14,800 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person in question.
An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the second named applicant was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in May 2008. The application has not been examined in detail. Examination of the residency requirement will take place in the near future and the applicant will be contacted at that time informing them when their application will be further examined or, of any shortfall in residency.
An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the third named applicant was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in November 2007. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in early 2006 and have approximately 14,500 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person in question.
All applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants.
