Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9040/08]

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 July 2006. Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in mid 2005 and have approximately 6,600 applications on hand to be dealt with before that of the person in question. 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 concerned when I have reached a decision on the matter.