John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of certificates of naturalisation that have been granted to UK citizens by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in the past 20 years. [16514/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the retrieval and compilation of the information requested by the Deputy for each of the past twenty years 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. Information can, however, be provided for the seven years 2011 to 2017 inclusive as outlined in the following table: