Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 710: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17409/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An 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 January 2006. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in the latter half of 2004 and have approximately 5,000 applications on hand to be processed before that of the individual concerned. These are generally dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants.

However, I understand that the person concerned is a refugee and in accordance with the Government's obligations under the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees every effort is made to ensure that applications from persons with refugee status are dealt with as quickly as possible. Therefore, it is likely that the application will be submitted to me for a decision by late 2007.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 711: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17410/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An 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 June 2006. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in the latter half of 2004 and have approximately 7,500 applications on hand to be processed before that of the individual concerned. These are generally dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants.

However, I understand that the person concerned is a refugee and in accordance with the Government's obligations under the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees every effort is made to ensure that applications from persons with refugee status are dealt with as quickly as possible. Therefore, it is likely that the application will be submitted to me for a decision by mid-2008.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 712: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the child's mother has already been granted naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17411/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation on behalf of the person in question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department on 20 March 2006. Due to the fact that applications on behalf of minors generally require less processing than standard adult applications, it is usually possible to finalise them more quickly. Based on current processing trends, it is likely that this application will be finalised in first quarter of 2008. I will advise the Deputy and the applicant when I have reached a decision in the matter.