Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13568/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I regret that information relating to the application from the person concerned is not readily to hand. I will write to the Deputy as soon as it is available. However, I can advise the Deputy of the position generally. The average processing time from application to decision is 26 months. More complicated cases can at times take more than the current average while an element of straight forward cases are now being dealt with in less than that time scale. Applications for a certificate of naturalisation are dealt with in chronological order as this is deemed to be the fairest to all applicants. Additional resources were allocated to the Citizenship Division of my Department to enable certain categories of applicant to be dealt with more expeditiously. These include refugees, spouses of Irish citizens and minors.