Written answers
Thursday, 23 June 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Citizenship Applications
8:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for citizenship received in the past three years; the number approved and the number rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21792/05]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular form.
| Year | Number of naturalisation applications received | Number of certificates of naturalisation issued | Number of certificates of naturalisation refused | Number of declarations of post-nuptial citizenship received | Number of certs issued (PNC) | Number refused (PNC) |
| 2005 (end of May) | 1,760 | 577 | 860 | 1,317 | 1,072 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4,074 | 1,335 | 759 | 2,825 | 2,449 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3,580 | 1,664 | 179 | 2,491 | 2,272 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3,574 | 1,332 | 109 | 1,728 | 1,550 | 4 |
In addition, a further 634 applications were deemed ineligible in 2005 on the basis that the applicants did not meet the statutory residency criteria set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956 to 2004.
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