If you've been waiting a while and haven't had written confirmation of receipt of you application then it would be worth ringing to confirm that they have your application. It would seem that renewals are backlogged by 16 weeks and new applications maybe around 20 weeks. They are currently processing renewals for 28/06/12. This Boards.ie thread might be of interest to those waiting [broken link removed]Just wondering is there any point in ringing to see how my application is going, would they tell me anything.