Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for naturalisation currently in his Department; and the average length of time to process such applications. [24863/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Citizenship Section of my Department that the number of applications for naturalisation which have yet to be processed to a conclusion is approximately 19,700. The processing time is, on average, 30 months.