Written answers

Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Citizenship Applications

9:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 482: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in the matter of a citizenship application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27559/07]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian 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 May 2006.

Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received at the beginning of 2005 and have approximately 6,000 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, therefore, that further processing of the application will commence in early 2009.

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

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27560/07]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Questions No. 897 & 1026 of Wednesday, 26 September, 2007 and the written reply to those questions. The position remains the same, with the exception that the person concerned has made an application for Subsidiary Protection under the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations, 2006, S.I. No. 518 of 2006. A decision on this application will be made in my Department in due course.

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