Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review again the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [25713/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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An application from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Section of my Department in December 2007.

Officials in that Section are currently processing applications received in early 2006 and have approximately 15,700 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.

However, I understand that the person in question is married to an Irish national and every effort is made to ensure those applications are dealt with as quickly as possible, having regard for the general volume of applications on hand.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to his Department by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, 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 January 2007.

Officials in that Section inform me that a letter was issued to the person concerned on 27 May 2008 requesting further documentation. To date, no reply has been received. Further processing of the application will commence once the documentation requested has been received.