Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if time spent here as a foreign student studying is taken into account when a foreign national applies for residency and/or subsequently for naturalisation. [19642/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Residence in Ireland for the purposes of pursuing education is not reckonable for other immigration permissions such as long term residence and is specifically excluded from consideration in naturalisation applications by Section 16A(1)(b) of the the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended).