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THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE WAS RECENTLY ASKED A QUESTION IN THE PARLIAMENT ABOUT THE COST OF CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES. HIS REPLY IS GIVEN BELOW. Our thanks to Robert Samson for the information. The average ceremony cost to date, excluding staff and processing costs, is just over €4 per applicant with recent large scale ceremonies costing under €4 per applicant. While ascribing a precise cost to the previous system of naturalisation is difficult at this remove, the indications are that this was significantly more costly given that it involved the diversion of court time and facilities as well as postage costs. Moreover, as mentioned above, the courts system would have been overwhelmed by the volume of cases which have been approved in the past two and a half years. Attending a citizenship ceremony is free for all naturalisation applicants and their guests, while providing a sense of dignity and occasion that serves to underscore the importance to both the State and the applicant of the granting of Irish citizenship. COMMENT: this will come as a surprise to Filipinos who are used to paying €950 + €175 for the application. The question i the Parliament took the following form:...... To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of citizenship ceremonies held since March 2011; the location of same on a county basis; the cost per ceremony; if individual applicants must pay for the citizenship ceremony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Perhaps the Minister misunderstood the question !

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