Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed to obtain citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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A valid application for a certificate of naturalisation from the person referred to in the Deputy's Question was received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in September 2009. All valid applications are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. The average processing time from application to decision is now at 24 months. More complicated cases can at times take more than the current average, while an element of straight forward cases can be dealt with in less than that timescale.