Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted citizenship here from 2000 to 2016 to date in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39634/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the number of persons that have been naturalised from 2000 to 2016 to date is 128,500 approximately. I am also informed that the retrieval and compilation of the information requested by the Deputy for the complete period in question would necessitate a disproportionate use of time and resources which could not be justified in circumstances where the priority is to deal with the cases on hand.

In total 17,400 persons received certificates of naturalisation from 2000 to 2009. These figures are compiled from an older database which does not facilitate the aggregation of the data in the manner requested by the Deputy.

The following table shows the breakdown by gender of minor and adult persons naturalised in the years 2010 to 2016 inclusive.