Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

I acknowledge there is a gap between the ceremony and the receipt of certificate. We are working on trying to tighten up and make sure the process involves as short a wait as possible.

To deal with the issues the Deputy quite rightly raises as regards the impact this can have on some individuals, the primary allocation of resources was into shortening the time for people to receive their citizenship. We will continuously look at this to ensure that the processing time for people to receive a certificate from the date on which they have their ceremony to the date on which they get their certificate is monitored and that people do not experience the type of issues the Deputy has mentioned.

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