And from

The Garda Commissioner's Guidelines as tothe Practical Application and Operation ofthe Firearms Acts, 1925-2009.

Revised 2018

Just talking to an rfd yesterday asking what his experience has been recently with. New applicai

Advice was it will prob be more than likely issued just new lad is slow going through them. He said he is not anti gun but goes into every application in detail but only does them once a month

So while FO has done the work he said could be month or two before he even looks at the next stack.

I'm going give it a few more weeks as I know date I dropped it in and date FO rang me to check details.

I'll contact them near the 4th month and if there is any issue I'll open appeal

If I'm not getting any news for a substitution within 3 weeks, or a new application within 4 weeks I'll be making a call to my FO. Any longer and it's the Super or CS I'd be calling.

Quickest for a sub was 3 days to have the new licence. For a new licence was just under 4 weeks, over the Christmas period. But my second full bore licence took 7 months, and that was after I made an appointment to see the Super.

First time applicant for a .270 deer rifle in Douglas Cork. About 8 weeks total.

backlog is just a bit of an excuse to put off new applications being honest , because renewals should be simple enough and they should be well prepared as they know how many people to expect each year looking for renewals.

If the FO did all the leg work for mine why dose it take the super so long so say yes or no , like the FO said happy with everything in order and clean record and all that jazz , so you would think its a simple enough process for the super to say yea i agree all is above board , it seems more like they are just doing it to drag things out …

Until recently never an issue for me. New super now here so seems be massive delays since the new super took over.

This has to be longest I ever has to wait but sounds like it's the "norm" here with new super.

Not ideal for me as dealer is in Germany and wants it gone

Plan is give it few weeks, if no joy might pop in to meet the super see what story is

thats issue we all have fear been pushy

i have been calling but FO has handed it off so they can do no more

Went to another local RFD, they told me the new super had a meeting with all the local RFD's and told them it will take as long as it tsakes to process applictions. times have nearly x3 since last year. few weeks is now months with no reply and left sitting idle. the RFD are also not sure how to adice customer as fear is excuses will be found to refuse license

Do not be bullied. Go the court route and don't fear a refusal- they still have to stand-over and justify a refusal in front of a judge.

An appeal to the District Court will cost you €25 and €10 for registered post to notify Super/Chief-Super. This will let them know that you are serious and only after this will you need to instruct a solicitor, if your initial push-back dosen't work.

Just remember that the firearms guard/Sgt has no legal authority to grant/refuse/apply restrictions etc, so don't rely on what they say, and direct ALL your queries and correspondence to your District/Division office and the Super/Chief-Super.

BE pushy! You have upheld your conditions of applying lawfully for a firearm,and the legisaltion states a given timeframe for the grantors to make a decision,which is 90 days,which we will ASSume is working days,not calender days from the moment you mailed it in or dropped it into your local station.It is an absolute ridicilous and a cop out this point in legislation that exists in NO other Irish legislation ASFICS that you do not need to be informed after 90 days,which in itself is an incredibly long time for any sort of offical decision in writing, that your application has failed.Imagine if An Bord Planala took 90 days to decide on planning permission and then didn't require to inform you that your application failed in writing,and just leave you having to assume you were rejected on day 91?So ringing your FO on day 92 and asking whats the story with my application/renewal is not being pushy,nor is it on day 100 and asking do I have to lawyer up here and are we all going to have a day out in the local District court on this matter?And if so could the super please put his decision in writing on the application/renewal as my lawyer wil be demanding that as Exhibit A?