Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to refer to correspondence that came in to Deputy Pa Daly's office. It came from an Irishman who is married to a man who does not have Irish citizenship. His husband had exceeded the wait time considerably and he was in contact with a number of others who were in the same situation. Many people received emails from the Department of Justice stating that there was a delay but that the cases of people who applied in 2022 would be prioritised in chronological order during 2024. However, two days ago, thousands of approval letters were sent to people who applied in late 2023 and others who applied this year. In fairness, this is in keeping with what the Minister of State said, namely that he is confident there will be no major delays and that what we are looking at is a streamlining of the situation.

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