Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 March 2008
503 Deputy Peter Power asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision to be made on the application by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick for the honour of receiving Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9117/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraAn application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship section of my Department in November 2006. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in mid 2005 and have approximately 8,300 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person in question. These are generally dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. It is likely, therefore, that further processing of the application will commence in mid-2009. I will inform the Deputy and the person concerned when I have reached a decision on the matter.
