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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sports Events (8 Sep 2025)

Colm Brophy: I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not designate liaison officers to specific sporting events. However, I can assure the Deputy when large sporting events or tournaments are being hosted by Ireland organisers can contact my Department's Visa Division who will work with them to ensure that visas are processed in a timely manner. Attendees are encouraged to apply for their visas up...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (8 Sep 2025)

Colm Brophy: My Department has been supporting the Minister for Health and the HSE facilitating the evacuation of children out of Gaza via Egypt. I appreciate that those who have been medically evacuated are eager for their family members to join them in Ireland. Originally, the Gaza Medevac Initiative only provided for the evacuation of one child and one accompanying family member or carer. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1905 and 2078 together. I can advise the Deputy, there is no provision in national law for making international protection applications while a person is outside the State. Under Section 15(1) of the International Protection Act 2015, a person who wishes to make a claim for international protection in Ireland must be at the frontier of the State or already...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1907, 2036 and 2037 together. Visa applications from Palestine are received by the Embassy of Ireland in Tel Aviv who process certain visa applications under delegated sanction on behalf of my Department. Officials in my Department’s Visa Division are in regular contact with the Embassy regarding visa applications from residents of Gaza, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I can advise the Deputy that the student visa application referred to has been refused. The reasons for this decision were set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicant by the Irish Embassy in Cairo at that time. An appeal of this decision was launched on 25 March 2025. All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: All certificates of naturalisation for attendees of a citizenship ceremony are issued via registered post. Applicants can ordinarily expect to receive their certificate within 6-8 weeks from the date of the ceremony. I am advised by the Citizenship Division that certificates from the June Ceremonies are presently being sent via registered post. I want to assure anyone who is waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1929 and 1930 together. The fees to be paid by an applicant for a certificate of naturalisation are governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 569 of 2011). There is an application fee of €175 and a certification fee of €950 is then required following a positive decision being reached on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I can advise the Deputy that the application referred to was created on 29 November 2023. Supporting documentation was received in the Bangkok office on 14 December 2023. The application was received in the Dublin Visa Office on 09 January 2024 where it awaits examination and processing. While I acknowledge the personal difficulties an applicant might be experiencing, it is not possible...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I understand the Deputy has clarified that he is referring to the granting of immigration permissions. I can inform the Deputy that children who are born in Ireland after 1 January 2005 are automatically entitled to Irish Citizenship, if one of their parents are Irish or UK citizens, or if one of their parents has accumulated 3 years reckonable residence in the 4 years prior to their birth....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I can inform the Deputy that Immigration Service Delivery of my Department issued the person cited with a letter granting them permission to remain in the State, and that this letter outlined the reasons regarding the length of immigration permission granted. As an Oireachtas member, the Deputy can also request the status of individual immigration cases by e-mail, using the Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. A determination on whether an applicant satisfies the statutory criteria for naturalisation can only be made after an application is received. The Citizenship Division of my Department have produced a guidance...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2003 and 2004 together. I can advise the Deputy the processing times of applications for join family visas varies depending on the circumstances when the application is made. If a non-EEA national is moving to Ireland because they have been granted a Critical Skills Employment Permit, they can apply for join family visas at the same time as their own...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: Visa requirements between Ukraine and Ireland were lifted on 25 February 2022 to streamline and support the exit of Ukrainian nationals fleeing Russian aggression and the activation shortly thereafter of the Temporary Protection Directive. Since then temporary protection has been granted to over 118,000 people eligible under the terms of the Directive. The below table shows how many...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: Palestinian nationals are visa required and must have a valid Irish entry visa before they seek to enter the State. Any visa required national that wishes to enter the State, and remain, for up to 90 days must have a Type C Short Stay Visa. A visa required national that wishes to reside in the State for longer than 90 days must have a Type D Long Stay Visa. Table 1 below details Short...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I understand the Deputy is referring to family reunification as provided for in Section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015, which allows people granted International Protection status to apply for certain family members to join them in the State. The application processing times of individual nationalities are not recorded by my Department. However, I can inform the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: The naturalisation application processing times of individual nationalities are not recorded by my Department. I can assure the Deputy that the Citizenship Division of my Department is doing everything possible to progress applications as quickly as possible. I understand that extended wait times can be frustrating for applicants, however, Citizenship Division have taken a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I have been working closely with the Minister of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to ensure that Ireland's legal employment pathways are as efficient and convenient as possible. In May 2024 Government approval was secured for our plan to introduce a single permit to both work and live in Ireland. This decision followed detailed engagement by an interdepartmental group to explore the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I can assure the Deputy that I am acutely aware of the grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza and my Department has worked closely with colleagues in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure a coordinated national response to this volatile and evolving situation. Visa applications from Palestine are received by the Embassy of Ireland in Tel Aviv who process certain visa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: In common with the position for all non-EU nationals, entry of Palestinian nationals must be undertaken though the existing legal immigration pathways. It is possible to apply for a visa and for permission to remain in Ireland based on a variety of different reasons, including employment, education or a family relationship. Details of these legal pathways can be found on the Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Language Schools (29 Jul 2025)

Colm Brophy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2041, 2042 and 2045 together. In order for a non-EEA national student to register for a stamp 2 permission they must enrol and commence a course of study from the Interim List of Eligible Programmes (ILEP). The ILEP was introduced as an interim measure as part of a series of reforms to the student immigration system for international education. Programme...