Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the citizenship application of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 with a view to having it processed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21627/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department on 4 November 2005.

On examination of the application it was determined that this person did not meet the statutory residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A letter informing him of this was issued on 7 December 2005.

It is open to the individual concerned to lodge a new application if and when he is in a position to meet the statutory residency requirements.

P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a new application number was issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in their application for naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21628/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in June 2006.

On examination of this application it was determined that the individual did not meet the residency requirements as set out in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A letter informing him of this was issued on 28 October 2006.

A fresh application was received in the Citizenship Section in May 2007 and a new file number was therefore allocated. Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in the beginning of 2005 and have approximately 14,400 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person concerned. These are generally dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. It is likely that further processing of the application will commence towards the end of 2009.

I will inform the Deputy and the person concerned when I have reached a decision in the matter.