Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of registrations Kildare Garda National Immigration Bureau is processing each week; the average waiting time for an appointment; the current backlog in registrations for the Kildare office; and the opening hours of the office. [41402/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The management and administration of the Immigration Office in Kildare is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made inquiries with the Commissioner and received the following update.

The Immigration Office in Kildare Garda Station administers immigration registrations for persons living in the Kildare, Newbridge, Athy, Rathangan and Monasterevin areas.

The office currently processes between 30 and 40 applications per week.  The current wait time for an appointment is between 7 and 10 days.

I am advised that there is no backlog in registrations for the Kildare office and the office is open between 9 am and 7.30 pm Monday to Friday.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of registrations Naas Garda National Immigration Bureau is processing each week; the average waiting times for an appointment; the current backlog in registrations for the Naas office; and the opening hours of the office. [41403/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The management and administration of the Immigration Office in Naas is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquiries with the Commissioner and received the following update.

The Immigration Office in Naas Garda Station currently processes approximately 50 applications per week. There is currently no wait time for appointments, with appointments available this week.

There is also no backlog in registrations for the Naas office. The office is open between 9 am and 5 pm Monday to Friday and some Sundays. Appointments are arranged either via email to Naas.ImmigrationUnit@garda.ieor by phone during office hours with an out-of-hours facility for calls at the public office.