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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
946. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65321/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
945. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the appropriate medical and mental health treatment as a matter of urgency before it becomes fatal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65550/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
944. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of those already in Ireland and in the process of applying for citizenship in relation to the imminent changes in citizenship requirements (details supplied). [65467/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
943. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any flexibility that will be applied for people that are in the process of applying for citizenship prior to the imminent changes in citizenship requirements (details supplied). [65468/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
942. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 will include a fair transitional provision protecting people who were already legally resident in Ireland and accumulating reckonable residence before this proposal was announced. [65471/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
941. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the proposed changes to naturalisation requirements for financial self-sufficiency will apply to children and young adults who were not born in Ireland but who have lived in the State for the majority or entirety of their childhood; how the proposed financial self-sufficiency requirement will be applied to young people who are still in full-time secondary or third-level education and are financially dependent on their parents; and whether parental or household income will be taken into account when assessing their financial self-sufficiency. [65488/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
940. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether there are currently delays or technical or administrative issues affecting the e-vetting process for citizenship applicants, particularly where applicants have submitted an e-vetting invitation but have not received the subsequent email required to progress the vetting process; the steps being taken to address any such issues; and the position regarding an applicant who has been required to submit the e-vetting invitation on a number of occasions (details supplied). [65492/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
939. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the evidence base for increasing reckonable residence from five years to eight years under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026. [65472/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
938. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 has been reconciled with enterprise and IDA policy, which depends on Ireland being credible when it competes internationally for skilled workers. [65473/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
935. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in cases in which a building under his control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; his plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65351/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
934. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of stinger courses held for gardaí within Waterford-Kilkenny division in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of gardaí that participated in each of those courses, in tabular form. [65420/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
932. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to report on the increased rate of refusal for D study visa applications for this academic year and the delay in processing applications which has left third level institutions uncertain as to student numbers; if there has been a change in the way in which the criteria for acceptance are being scrutinised; and if he will provide clarity to third level institutions as to the changes which have been made. [65404/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
931. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of D study visa applications received each year for the past five years, in tabular form; and the number of D study visa applications approved each year for the past five years, in tabular form. [65405/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 63165/26 of 7 September 2026, the measures being taken to reduce the average period of 56 to 57 days between the completion of a custodial sentence and the enforcement of a removal or deportation order; the number of persons subject to a valid deportation or removal order who were released from custody prior to removal in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65390/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
929. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 59656/26 of 7 September 2026, the amount of the €125 million allocation to An Garda Síochána for EU Presidency policing and security that has been drawn down or expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65392/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
928. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the naturalisation application and the significant delays in the process for a person (details supplied); and the actions he will take to ensure that it is processed in a timely manner. [65359/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
927. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider introducing legislative amendments to the upcoming Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956 to provide a pathway to citizenship for the non-EEA spouses and civil partners of Irish citizens residing abroad outside the jurisdiction, in cases where the marriage or partnership has been of long duration exceeding five or ten years. [65201/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
925. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time for IRP renewals for each stamp category. [65291/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
924. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the proposed changes to naturalisation will affect spouses, workers and so on, who are already living in Ireland for some years. [65295/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
923. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the serious delay in the processing of family reunification visas, with some regions reporting a two year wait; if he is aware of the disincentive this presents to highly skilled workers to remain in Ireland, including in the medical fields; if short stay visas may be made more easily and quickly obtainable for family visits to Ireland as an interim measure; and the measures that will be put in place to reduce this delay to a more reasonable timeframe. [65244/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
922. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department calculated the additional immigration-registration fees that will be paid by lawful residents as a direct result of extending the citizenship residence requirement from five to eight years; and his plans to reduce or waive those fees. [65188/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
921. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of student accommodation facilities which are currently in use housing IPAS applicants and not available to students for the 2026-2027 school year; and the number of student beds no longer available to students as they are in use as IPAS accommodation. [64375/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
920. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the transitional arrangements that will be in place for workers already resident in Ireland who are concerned by plans to increase residency requirements to eight years in order to obtain citizenship; if the new residency rules will apply retrospectively to those already present in the State on appropriate visas or only to those who are arrive in Ireland after its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter [65186/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
919. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to previous commitments (details supplied) the measures he will implement to ensure delivery of a women's refuge in Carlow by the current target of 2028, and to fast track urgent projects like these going forward. [65178/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
918. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to comment on the development status of women's refuges in the nine counties currently without a women's refuge; and the dates on which they can expect to see them opened. [65179/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
917. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65170/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
916. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there will be transitional arrangements for persons who are already resident in Ireland, in regards to the Government's proposed changes to the naturalisation process, who have accumulated four years of reckonable residence under the existing rules. [65163/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
914. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will include transitional protections and measures in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Amendment Bill 2026 specifically in relation to the issue of spousal visas for the naturalisations of spouses of Irish citizenships and the proposal to increase the residency requirement from three to five years [65131/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
913. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the proposed Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 will make no change to the entitlement to Irish citizenship by descent (details supplied); how the proposals have regard to the recognition in Article 2 of the Constitution of the special affinity of the Irish nation with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65136/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
912. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if in light of the Government's proposed changes to the residency requirements for naturalisation, transitional arrangements will be put in place for persons who are already resident in Ireland and who have accumulated four years or more of reckonable residence under the existing five year citizenship eligibility framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65105/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
909. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted Irish citizenship by naturalisation in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026 who had disclosed a criminal conviction in Ireland or another jurisdiction; the number by category of offence and sentence imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65002/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
908. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will re-examine the decision to refuse 31 out of 59 Palestinian students who applied for study visas despite having secured full scholarships at Irish universities; if he accepts that Israel's genocidal rampage in Gaza and widespread destruction of infrastructure, educational institutions and homes makes it almost impossible for these students to obtain some of the original documentary evidence requested; and if he will take these difficulties into account when examining their applications. [65003/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
907. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of naturalised Irish citizens subsequently convicted of an indictable offence in Ireland in each of the past ten years, by offence category by year where possible, in which citizenship was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65004/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
906. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm that the proposed Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 will make no change to the entitlement to Irish citizenship by descent under section 7 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, or to the entitlement of a person born outside the island of Ireland whose grandparent was born on the island of Ireland to become an Irish citizen on entry in the Foreign Births Register pursuant to section 7(3) and section 27 of that Act. [65080/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
905. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm that the proposed Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 regarding proposed conditions as to reckonable residence, language testing, and economic self-sufficiency will apply solely to applications for a certificate of naturalisation for resident non-nationals, and will not apply to applications of citizenship by descent. [65082/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
903. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Section 16 naturalisation applications awaiting a decision; the average processing time for such applications; the measures being taken to reduce delays; and if applicants will be provided with clearer timelines where applications have been outstanding for a prolonged period. [65055/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
902. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda interviews conducted in respect of criminal investigations without a solicitor present; and the number of such interviews where a solicitor had been requested by the detained person but was not available to attend, by month in 2025 and by month to date in 2026, in tabular form. [65057/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
899. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the matters proposed to be covered by a citizenship civic-knowledge test; if applicants will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the Constitution, democratic institutions, Irish history, rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the values of the State; the proposed pass standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65015/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
898. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted citizenship on the basis of marriage or civil partnership with an Irish citizen in each year since 2015 and to date in 2026; the number of applications refused because the marriage or partnership was deemed not genuine or enduring; the number subsequently identified as marriages of convenience; the number of citizenship revocation proceedings arising from such cases, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65016/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
897. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, a person who has started the residency needed for citizenship which currently stands at five years, will have to wait for the new proposed time of eight years. [65030/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
895. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider legislating for cases in which a person who has been resident in the State for higher education that these years residing in the State are counted when applying for citizenship. [65032/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
894. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the provisions that will be made for individuals who are non-verbal or have other disabilities which may limit them in their ability to complete the new proposed language tests as part of the revised citizenship process; and if he will make a statement on the matter [65044/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
892. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of certificates of naturalisation granted in each year since 2016 where one or more of the normal statutory naturalisation conditions were waived categorised by the condition waived and applicant country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65018/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
891. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted Irish citizenship by naturalisation in each year from 2016 to date, by previous nationality; the number of applications received and refused for each nationality; the refusal rate in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65022/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
890. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department currently collects any information regarding the proficiency in English or Irish of persons granted citizenship; if so, the number granted citizenship in each of the past five years who were assessed as having limited or no proficiency in either language; and if not, the reason such information is not collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65012/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
889. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the level of English or Irish proficiency that he proposes applicants for citizenship will be required to demonstrate; whether this will correspond with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; the exemptions that are being considered on age, disability or other grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65013/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
888. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted citizenship in each of the past five years who, at the date of application, had between five and six, six and seven, seven and eight, and more than eight years of reckonable residence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65011/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
887. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether Revenue Commissioners’ tax-compliance information is currently sought or considered when determining whether an applicant for naturalisation satisfies the good-character requirement; the number of applications refused since 2016 arising wholly or partly from tax non-compliance; whether he intends that tax compliance will form part of the revised statutory good-character test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65010/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
886. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of citizenship applications refused on good-character grounds in each year from 2016 to date; the number therein arising from criminal convictions, pending criminal proceedings, Garda investigations, tax matters, immigration offences, fraud, national-security concerns or other grounds, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65009/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
885. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases identified since 2016 in which a person who had acquired Irish citizenship was subsequently found to have provided false, misleading or fraudulent information in an immigration, international protection, residence or citizenship application; the number in which revocation proceedings followed; and the outcome of those proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65008/26]