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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 8 Dec 1998

Vol. 498 No. 1

Written Answers. - Citizenship Applications.

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326 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for citizenship from a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26616/98]

An application from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in June 1998 and is currently under consideration in my Department. The various procedures involved in processing an application for a certificate of naturalisation, coupled with the high number of applications being received are resulting in applications taking up to 12 months or more to complete. It is therefore unlikely that I will be in a position to make a decision in the case before the latter half of next year.

As soon as full consideration has been given to this case, I will advise both the applicant and the Deputy of my decision.

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