John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to an application for Irish citizenship from a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if, in view of the applicant's advanced age, he will ensure the application is processed speedily. [28071/07]

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 February 2006. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in the beginning of 2005 and have approximately 4,500 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 the second half of 2008. I will inform the Deputy and the person in question when I have reached a decision on the matter.