Waited 6 months last year in kerry for a like for like substitution for a .22 Rifle they moved all firearms to Tralee from Killarney for some reason but was still a joke to be honest, I even rang on several days and the excuses and trying to get through unbelievable.

New application, 4months, 1 week and counting...

Week 6 of waiting on a new application here. Haven't even received the initial letter from AGS. Based in west Galway.

Spoke with my FO and was fed all sorts of bs on the delay.

I'm now at 2 months!!

I substituted a 22lr for a 22 hw97 and still waiting

I emailed the F/O on Sunday evening

Based in west Mayo.

Little over 2 week in to my wait I got a call from the F/O seeking pictures of my gun box locked ....opened ....keys in door and the mechanism ffs.

She claimed that there is a new super and there "getting used of his way"

Iv 3 licences and a box for a good number of years now

She also said she would get things moving.

That was 6 weeks ago

Going quick in Kildare.

Application handed in for a first-time license in Kildare on March 30, grant letter arrived today.

While only tangential to shooting, an application for renewal of an authorisation to hold deactivated or blank firing firearms, submitted 5 weeks before expiration, has only been replied to 1 week before expiration, excuse being "not in the office", with an addendum that they will try to put it through as soon as possible.

I'm at week 9 also and still no progress after emailing/calling my FO.

The whole process is incredibly frustrating and disconcerting.

I'm in west Galway.

Waiting since January!!! Any way I can push this? I called the station but from experience if you call more than once you end up waiting an extra 2 months ...... retaliation is alive and well in East Galway

PLEASE NOTE THE BOLD/ITALICS in the legislation below.

Applications for, and form and effect of, firearm certificates.

3.

(9) A decision on an application for a firearm certificate or its renewal shall be given within 3 months from the date on which the applicant submitted a completed application form.

Appeal to District Court.

15A.— (1) An appeal may be made to the District Court by a person aggrieved by any of the following decisions made by an issuing person:

(a) an issuing person—

(i) who is required under section 3(9), 4A(7) or 10(4F) to decide on an application within a specified period, and

(ii) who does not so decide,

is deemed to have decided to refuse to grant the application,

(b) the applicant is deemed to have received notice of the decision on the expiration of that period, and

I've a licence out since November last year. I'm still waiting for the renewal. I was told about 3 weeks ago that it's on the way but no sign of it yet.

2 renewals and a update to EU pass, I asked the FO if possible to process it quickly, to apply for the NI visitors pass.

I only had to wait 5mts and 1 week, oh and a .22 rifle mag limit of 5 rounds, because I have 5 rd mags, if I buy a 10 rd mag they will update the license, that will probably only take a couple of months.

The current system is archaic and requires immediate modernising. A sub/renewal should be almost instantaneous.