Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the continuing delay in citizenship being granted to persons (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in March 2007, his predecessor advised that the applications were in the process of being dealt with and should be finalised in approximately two months time; and the reason no substantive response has been received from his office this Deputy's letter of 31 July 2007 requesting that citizenship be granted and seeking to ascertain the expected timescale for processing their long outstanding applications. [21180/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the individuals referred to were received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in April 2004. Officials in that section inform me that processing of the files is ongoing and they will be forwarded to me for a decision in the near future. I have written to the Deputy in this regard in response to his representations of 31 July, 2007. I will inform the Deputy and the applicants when I have reached a decision on the applications.