413. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will urgently review the high rate of study visa refusals issued to Palestinian students from Gaza who have secured fully funded university scholarships at third-level institutions in Ireland; if his Department will establish an accelerated, fast-track process for processing these visa appeals before the 17 September 2026 deadline required for students to board upcoming evacuation flights; and if he will acknowledge the impossibility of students retrieving original, physical documentation from a conflict zone where educational and civil infrastructure has been destroyed. [66302/26]

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413. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will urgently review the high rate of study visa refusals issued to Palestinian students from Gaza who have secured fully funded university scholarships at third-level institutions in Ireland; if his Department will establish an accelerated, fast-track process for processing these visa appeals before the 17 September 2026 deadline required for students to board upcoming evacuation flights; and if he will acknowledge the impossibility of students retrieving original, physical documentation from a conflict zone where educational and civil infrastructure has been destroyed. [66302/26]

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1. 22 September 2026

   Visa Applications

   413. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will urgently review the high rate of study visa refusals issued to Palestinian students from Gaza who have secured fully funded university scholarships at third-level institutions in Ireland; if his Department will establish an accelerated, fast-track process for processing these visa appeals before the 17 September 2026 deadline required for students to board upcoming evacuation flights; and if he will acknowledge the impossibility of students retrieving original, physical documentation from a conflict zone where educational and civil infrastructure has been destroyed. [66302/26]

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