Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconvene the citizenship ceremonies which were due to take place on 16 October 2017 but were cancelled due to Storm Ophelia in view of the fact that the delay in this ceremony is preventing many new citizens from gaining an Irish passport. [44561/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The citizenship ceremony scheduled for Monday 16 October was postponed on public safety grounds due to the national status red warning due to ex-hurricane Ophelia. The ceremony has now been rescheduled for Monday 27 November 2017 and a notice of the date and additional information was placed on the Department's website on Thursday last 19th October. The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department is also currently making direct contact with the individual applicants.

The organisation of a citizen ceremony day involving over 3,000 applicants, together with their family and friends, is a significant logistical exercise usually taking a number of months to organise. Every effort has been made to ensure that the date for the new ceremony day has been settled as early as possible.