Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation and when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision. [32621/07]

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 October 2007. The application has not yet been examined in detail. Examination of the residency requirement will take place in the near future and the applicant will be contacted at that time advising him of any shortfall in his residency and when further processing of the application will take place.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will speed up the processing of an application for Irish citizenship for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if all the required documentation is in his Departments file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32623/07]

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 August 2006. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received at the beginning of 2005 and have approximately 8,500 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 first half of 2009. The applicant will be contacted again at that time if further documentation is required. I will inform the Deputy and the person in question when I have reached a decision on the matter.