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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (13 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...November 2023, outlining processing times, eVetting updates and plans to provide access to additional ceremonies. A further such general communication will issue before the end of next month. The Immigration website of my Department is also regularly updated with any naturalisation process related developments. www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-a-citizen/. I am deeply conscious of how...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what criteria were used in establishing Algeria as a safe country, including what sources were consulted, and if any external legal advice was utilised. [6500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Agreements (13 Feb 2024)

Pa Daly: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details on each EU immigration-related policy that Ireland has opted into, including the dates when the Government decided to opt in or out and when the measure was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. [6553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Feb 2024)

Réada Cronin: 543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to secure properties either selected for asylum-seeker/immigrant accommodation or publicly deemed to be a prospect for same, given the spate of arson which degrades society and poses a threat to human life locally, and to that of firefighters; and if he will make a statement...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

...in Washington DC, and I am one of three polymath Fellows at the Geneva centre for security policy. The term "artificial intelligence" was coined in 1955 by John McCarthy - the son of a Kerry immigrant , Marvin Minsky, and others. They proposed that in the context of the Dartmouth summer research project on AI, which took place in 1956. The field of AI is challenging to define and there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (13 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

...where they are looking to go to university. As I sat down with my parents, who are in the Gallery today, one thing was for certain. The option to study in Northern Ireland was not a reality for me. As an immigrant, for me to have even considered applying in the North would mean I would have had to restart my immigration process in Northern Ireland, which is simply not a reality for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...and stab her and her husband. The local Fianna Fáil councillor shamefully made excuses for the arsonists, refusing to co-operate with the Garda. The Government is going along with the lie that immigration is the cause of many problems facing our society. It cedes more and more ground to the far right and it legitimises its arguments. Of course, it would be politically...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...can apply to the Department of Justice for immediate family reunification and, once their partners or spouses are resident in the State, they are eligible to apply to that Department for their own immigration permission, which can give them the right to take up any employment in the State without the need for an employment permit. Spouses or partners of holders of intra-company transfer...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Emer Currie: I make an appeal for Members to stop using the catch-all title of "immigration" in this House, in the media, in commentary and in news items when we are talking about criminal and threatening behaviour in communities. Immigration should not be the headline topic. It should be racism and xenophobia.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...Economic Area must first make an application to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an employment permit, and then make a second application to the Department of Justice for an immigration permission. Both applications are subject to consideration of separate processes requiring different data. In December 2022, the Taoiseach, in his previous role as Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Michael McNamara: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 17 January 2024, when the question will be answered and the information sought be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5874/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf. This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...applications are processed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification. This policy document may be accessed at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Policy-do cument-on-Non-EEA-family-reunification.pdf. This Policy Document contains a stated business target that visa applications for family...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can enquire with the Garda Commissioner the number of registrations Henry Street Garda National Immigration Bureau office in Limerick city is processing each week; the wait time for appointments; the current backlog in registrations for the Limerick office; the plans to reduce the waiting times; and if she will make a...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Aisling Dolan: ...Governments. When you look at a country that suffered so badly in the 50s and 60s with poverty in an area he would have known well due to his family and background, but also to have seen the impact of immigration in the 80s in particular and to now see a country that is at full employment and the highest population ever, is there any better tribute to the work that has been done over...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...the State prior to the birth, an application for Citizenship can be made in respect of that child. The documentation requested by the Deputy, is available on my Department's website here: www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-a-citizen/declaration- of-residence/. The only other means by which a minor can obtain Irish citizenship is through naturalisation. As minors cannot apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Programmes (7 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Cormac Devlin: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on how many applications are currently being processed by her Department under the Immigrant Investor Programme; what is the timeline for assessing and processing them, and when are they all likely to be processed by; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5063/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy was, as an exceptional measure, granted an extension of their visitor permission on Stamp 3 immigration conditions until 16 March 2024. Any non-EEA national who comes to the State as a visitor is expected to leave Ireland before the expiry of their visitor permission. Any Extension of Visitor Conditions (EVIC) application would only be granted where...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Helen McEntee: ...and an individual who receives an award at Level 9 NFQ may qualify for a Stamp 1G for up to 24 months subject to the overall limit of 8 years. The additional period of residence on the Stamp 1G immigration permission is designed to provide the graduate with an opportunity to obtain graduate level employment and to provide any prospective employer with the opportunity to make an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...together with supporting documentation for the Type D Join Family application with the Irish Embassy/Consulate/Visa Office as soon as possible. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie) which has been specifically established for this purpose. This...