Naturalisation Applications
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-04
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Colm Brophy (FG), Dublin South-West

The Department is always planning ahead and looking at that. We have put, as I said, additional resources in place. I do not believe additional backlogs will come in. Every effort is made. As I know people will listen to this, I reiterate that no two applications are the same. Some individual applications that come in take considerably longer, particularly in relation to checks that have to be done by An Garda Síochána, which are outside our direct control in terms of reply lines. That leads to a frustration where people ask why their application is taking X amount of time compared with those from others.
As a general rule, the Department is working towards a processing time of within 12 months for applications coming in.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-04