Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour)
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706. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to reducing the €300 immigration registration fee paid by international students in third level colleges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland welcomes international students who wish to live here in order to pursue a full-time course of study. Non-EEA, non-Swiss, and non-UK international students residing in Ireland are given immigration permission on Stamp 2 or Stamp 2A conditions, upon satisfying the relevant criteria.

Non-EEA national students residing in Ireland for longer than 90 days must register with Immigration Service Delivery of my Department and obtain an Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card. The issuance of an IRP card is the final act of a legal and administrative process involving consideration of the applicant’s particular circumstances.

The current registration fee of €300 has remained unchanged since 2012. It is intended to reflect the effort and costs involved in processing registrations, over and above the physical cost of production of each card and, importantly, the need to continue to invest in measures to improve and modernise the services provided to applicants.

While these matters are kept under review, there are no current plans to amend registration fees for any applicant, including international students.