Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42477/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the naturalisation application from the person referred to has been approved by my Department.

A request for final documentation and a Certificate fee will issue directly to the person concerned.

Last year, Citizenship Division more than doubled the number of ceremonies available to applicants with 15 held over the course of 2023. This was a significant increase on 6 Citizenship Ceremonies held in 2022. To date in 2024, my Department has hosted 17 ceremonies with over 14,000 attendees, with further ceremonies planned for later in the year.

No date is published for the next Ceremony, however, I can advise the Deputy that it will be in December of this year.

As the Deputy will appreciate, these events require considerable planning and Citizenship Division issues invitations to successful applicants at the earliest possible opportunity. As plans for further ceremonies are confirmed this information will be put into the public domain.

Further information on Citizenship Ceremonies is available on my Department’s website here: www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-a-citizen/citizenship-ceremonies/.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.