210 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to reviewing Ireland’s record on citizenship applications to international comparisons in terms of rejection rates and application processing times; his views on whether the processing time in Australia is generally 90 days, in the UK is six months, in Canada is 11 months as opposed to over two years here, and that the refusal rate in Canada is 3%, in Australia and the UK is 9% as opposed to 47% here; if he will establish a more efficient system for dealing with such applications here. [36043/09]

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210 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to reviewing Ireland’s record on citizenship applications to international comparisons in terms of rejection rates and application processing times; his views on whether the processing time in Australia is generally 90 days, in the UK is six months, in Canada is 11 months as opposed to over two years here, and that the refusal rate in Canada is 3%, in Australia and the UK is 9% as opposed to 47% here; if he will establish a more efficient system for dealing with such applications here. [36043/09]

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