Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to advise the correct application form for a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27179/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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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 to ensure a coordinated national response to this volatile and evolving situation. This includes work to evacuate Irish citizens and their families who may require visa assistance.

Visa applications for family members of Palestinian nationals living in Ireland are considered on a case-by-case basis. My Department is in regular contact with the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding a number of visa applications, from residents of Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon. The Embassy are actively engaging with applicants to gather the required documents to ensure that the Visa Division of my Department have everything needed to progress these applications.

Where possible, Visa Division processes applications from Palestinian nationals who are eligible to move to Ireland as swiftly as possible.

It is possible to apply for permission to remain in Ireland based on a variety of different reasons, including; employment, education or a family situation. Details of these legal pathways can be found on my Departments Immigration Service website at the following link: www.irishimmigration.ie.

As an Oireachtas member, you can also request the status of individual immigration cases by e-mail, using the Oireachtas Mail facility at: IMoireachtasmail@justice.ie, which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Question process.