Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a couple (details supplied) can apply for citizenship while on temporary permission given their circumstances; if an exception can be made to accommodate him, given that he suffers from MS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27793/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that EU Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 applied the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive to persons displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including persons recognised as refugees in Ukraine. At a meeting of EU Home Affairs Ministers on 13 June 2024, political agreement was reached to extend the Temporary Protection Directive until March 2026.

The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956. All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are processed and assessed individually in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Section 15 of the Act sets out the statutory conditions that must be fulfilled for a certificate of naturalisation to be granted. The conditions include that applicants must have 5 years reckonable residence in the State prior to making an application. There is no exemption from these requirements for beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in Ireland.

Detailed information on Irish citizenship and the naturalisation process, along with the relevant application forms and guidance notes, is available on my Department's Irish Immigration website at: www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-a-citizen/.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27816/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that, from the information provided, the application referred to is not matter for my Department.

Citizenship applications made through the Foreign Births Register are a matter for the Department of Foreign Affairs, as the Foreign Births Register is the responsibility of and is maintained by that Department.

More information is available from the Department of Foreign Affairs website. Please see: