Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to cut the number of staff in the naturalisation section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; the number of staff to be cut; when these cuts will be made; and the measures he will put in place to minimise further delays occurring in the processing of applications as a result of these cuts. [21118/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is required to operate in accordance with Government policy on civil and public service numbers. Having said that, I have no plans to cut the number of staff working on naturalisation in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. In fact, following the decentralisation of the Citizenship Division to Tipperary Town in April 2008, there are now more staff working on naturalisation than before the move.