PQ 536
536. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the source of scholarship funding for a prospective student from Gaza is a factor in assessing his or her visa application; the reason sector figures indicate that 12 of 13 Government of Ireland/Ireland-Palestine Scholarship Programme scholars from Gaza were granted study visas while all 58 applicants holding full institutional or full mixed funding were refused; the criteria applied to the two cohorts; and the way in which a 100% refusal rate for one cohort is consistent with each application being assessed on its individual merits. [71680/26]
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13 October 2026
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13 October 2026 · Student Visas
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Ivana Bacik
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Immigration
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13 October 2026
Summary
536. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the source of scholarship funding for a prospective student from Gaza is a factor in assessing his or her visa application; the reason sector figures indicate that 12 of 13 Government of Ireland/Ireland-Palestine Scholarship Programme scholars from Gaza were granted study visas while all 58 applicants holding full institutional or full mixed funding were refused; the criteria applied to the two cohorts; and the way in which a 100% refusal rate for one cohort is consistent with each application being assessed on its individual merits. [71680/26]
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13 October 2026
Student Visas
536. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the source of scholarship funding for a prospective student from Gaza is a factor in assessing his or her visa application; the reason sector figures indicate that 12 of 13 Government of Ireland/Ireland-Palestine Scholarship Programme scholars from Gaza were granted study visas while all 58 applicants holding full institutional or full mixed funding were refused; the criteria applied to the two cohorts; and the way in which a 100% refusal rate for one cohort is consistent with each application being assessed on its individual merits. [71680/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-13/536/
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