Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30132/09]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 628: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30757/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to answer Questions Nos. 580 and 628 together.

There is no record of an application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question. If an application for asylum has been made by the person concerned, the Deputy should note that it is not the practice to comment in detail on individual asylum applications.

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 581: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30138/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Applications for certificates of naturalisation from the persons referred to in the Deputy's Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in February 2007. Both files were recently submitted to me for a decision and I have decided to defer making any final decision on both applications for a period of 18 months until January 2011. The persons concerned were notified of this and the reasons for it in letters issued on 2 September, 2009.