Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for a certificate of naturalisation approximately one year ago; and the time-frame within which they can expect a decision on their application. [13628/08]

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 May 2007.

Officials in that section are currently processing applications received in August 2005 and have approximately 11,800 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 late 2009. I will inform the Deputy and the person in question when I have reached a decision on the matter.