Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a citizenship application by persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24071/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The applications for certificates of naturalisation referred to by the Deputy were received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in October 2005.

Applications received in the first half of 2004 are currently being processed and there are approximately 5,500 applications awaiting processing before those of the persons in question. It is likely that processing of the applications in question will commence in or around the end of 2007 or start of 2008.

I will inform the Deputy and the person concerned when I have reached a decision on the applications.