Written answers
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Citizenship Applications
Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who applied for Irish citizenship in each the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the locations from which the applicants are from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44678/18]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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FBR Application Numbers based on Place of Birth 2016
| - | Place of Birth | No of online applications |
|---|---|---|
| - | WORLDWIDE TOTAL | 13,982 |
| 1 | ENGLAND | 6,137 |
| 2 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 3,621 |
| 3 | AUSTRALIA | 846 |
| 4 | SOUTH AFRICA | 629 |
| 5 | CANADA | 533 |
| 6 | SCOTLAND | 491 |
| 7 | NEW ZEALAND | 403 |
| 8 | WALES | 136 |
| 9 | GERMANY | 91 |
| 10 | CHINA | 68 |
| 11 | ZIMBABWE | 62 |
| 12 | FRANCE | 57 |
| 13 | PAKISTAN | 57 |
| 14 | UAE | 50 |
| 15 | SWITZERLAND | 39 |
| 16 | INDIA | 38 |
| 17 | SINGAPORE | 36 |
| 18 | BELGIUM | 33 |
| 19 | NETHERLANDS | 25 |
| 20 | THAILAND | 25 |
| 21 | SPAIN | 23 |
| 22 | NIGERIA | 21 |
| 23 | ARGENTINA | 20 |
| 24 | ITALY | 19 |
| 25 | MALAYSIA | 19 |
| 26 | SAUDI ARABIA | 19 |
| 27 | KENYA | 18 |
| 28 | AUSTRIA | 17 |
| 29 | BRAZIL | 17 |
| 30 | GREECE | 17 |
| 31 | PHILIPPINES | 17 |
| 32 | ALGERIA | 14 |
| 33 | ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED TERRITORIES | 14 |
| 34 | JAPAN | 14 |
| 35 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | 14 |
| 36 | IRAQ | 13 |
| 37 | SWEDEN | 13 |
| 38 | THE CHANNEL ISLANDS | 12 |
| 39 | ISLE OF MAN | 11 |
| 40 | LUXEMBOURG | 10 |
| 41 | CHILE | 9 |
| 42 | JORDAN | 9 |
| 43 | VIETNAM | 9 |
| 44 | INDONESIA | 8 |
| 45 | MALAWI | 8 |
| 46 | MEXICO | 8 |
| 47 | NAMIBIA | 8 |
| 48 | SUDAN | 8 |
| 49 | TUNISIA | 8 |
| 50 | BARBADOS | 7 |
| 51 | BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | 7 |
| 52 | DENMARK | 7 |
| 53 | NORWAY | 7 |
| 54 | ETHIOPIA | 6 |
| 55 | PORTUGAL | 6 |
| 56 | UKRAINE | 6 |
| 57 | EGYPT | 5 |
| 58 | QATAR | 5 |
| 59 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | 5 |
| 60 | BAHRAIN | 4 |
| 61 | BANGLADESH | 4 |
| 62 | BERMUDA | 4 |
| 63 | BOTSWANA | 4 |
| 64 | CYPRUS | 4 |
| 65 | ECUADOR | 4 |
| 66 | GIBRALTAR | 4 |
| 67 | MOROCCO | 4 |
| 68 | ALBANIA | 3 |
| 69 | BOLIVIA | 3 |
| 70 | BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA | 3 |
| 71 | GHANA | 3 |
| 72 | HUNGARY | 3 |
| 73 | JAMAICA | 3 |
| 74 | LEBANON | 3 |
| 75 | MALTA | 3 |
| 76 | OMAN | 3 |
| 77 | POLAND | 3 |
| 78 | ROMANIA | 3 |
| 79 | SOUTH KOREA | 3 |
| 80 | TOGO | 3 |
| 81 | TURKEY | 3 |
| 82 | CZECH REPUBLIC | 2 |
| 83 | EL SALVADOR | 2 |
| 84 | FINLAND | 2 |
| 85 | GEORGIA | 2 |
| 86 | GUATEMALA | 2 |
| 87 | GUYANA | 2 |
| 88 | KAZAKHSTAN | 2 |
| 89 | KIRIBATI | 2 |
| 90 | KUWAIT | 2 |
| 91 | LYBIA | 2 |
| 92 | MONACO | 2 |
| 93 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 2 |
| 94 | PARAGUAY | 2 |
| 95 | PERU | 2 |
| 96 | PUERTO RICO | 2 |
| 97 | SERBIA | 2 |
| 98 | SIERRA LEONE | 2 |
| 99 | SRI LANKA | 2 |
| 100 | SWAZILAND | 2 |
| 101 | SYRIA | 2 |
| 102 | URUGUAY | 2 |
| 103 | ANDORRA, PRINCIPALITY OF | 1 |
| 104 | BAHAMAS | 1 |
| 105 | BULGARIA | 1 |
| 106 | BURMA | 1 |
| 107 | CAMBODIA, KINGDOM OF | 1 |
| 108 | CAMEROON | 1 |
| 109 | CAYMAN ISLANDS | 1 |
| 110 | CHRISTMAS ISLANDS | 1 |
| 111 | COLOMBIA | 1 |
| 112 | COSTA RICA | 1 |
| 113 | CROATIA | 1 |
| 114 | ESTONIA | 1 |
| 115 | FIJI | 1 |
| 116 | HONDURAS | 1 |
| 117 | LITHUANIA | 1 |
| 118 | MACAU | 1 |
| 119 | MAURITIUS | 1 |
| 120 | MONTENEGRO | 1 |
| 121 | MOZAMBIQUE | 1 |
| 122 | NEPAL | 1 |
| 123 | PANAMA | 1 |
| 124 | REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA | 1 |
| 125 | RWANDA | 1 |
| 126 | SOMALIA | 1 |
| 127 | ST LUCIA | 1 |
| 128 | TAIWAN | 1 |
| 129 | UGANDA | 1 |
| 130 | VENEZUELA | 1 |
| 131 | VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) | 1 |
| 132 | YEMEN | 1 |
| 133 | ZAMBIA | 1 |
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