Questions

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for citizenship that were granted for the last 15 years in which there were no verbal interviews. [74584/26]

122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rejection rate for citizenship applications for each of the last 15 years. [74583/26]

123. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for citizenship granted for the last 15 years for whom there were no checks of financial self sufficiency at all. [74585/26]

530. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if people already regularised under the 2022 regularisation scheme strand are protected by transitional arrangements; or will the proposed eight year requirement also apply to them. [71667/26]

531. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the proposed increase in the residence requirement for spouses of Irish citizens from three to five years will apply to persons who commenced legal residence in the State before the new legislation comes into effect. [71719/26]

550. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed Irish nationality and citizenship (amendment) Bill 2026, particularly the impact on persons already lawfully resident in the State and progressing towards naturalisation. [72155/26]

575. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific social welfare payments and State supports the receipt of which may be taken into account when assessing an application for naturalisation; the safeguards in place for applicants whose reliance on such supports was temporary or unavoidable; whether this guidance has been published; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will abolish the proposed extension of the residency requirement by three years for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70618/26]

21. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of his proposals to make it harder for people to attain citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70622/26]

47. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has assessed the potential impact of the proposed changes to citizenship eligibility on Ireland’s ability to attract and retain migrant workers; the evidence base that was used to show that increasing the residence requirement for citizenship from five to eight years will improve integration outcomes; and if he will ma…

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is considering withdrawing proposed legislation that would further restrict people to obtain Irish citizenship. [70462/26]

66. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any allowances being considered for people legally resident in Ireland and in the process of meeting the requirements for Irish citizenship in the context of imminent changes in citizenship requirements. [69773/26]

580. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify if a person (details supplied) who is currently on a stamp 4 visa, can apply for citizenship; to clarify the steps to take if the current stamp 4 visa expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68483/26]

582. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on citizenship applications (details supplied). [68494/26]

606. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied); and when the applications are expected to be finalised. [68870/26]

375. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2026, if any person who holds any period of reckonable residence on the day the act commences, continues to be assessed under the residence conditions in force on that day (details supplied). [67694/26]

402. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a grandfather clause in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 to ensure that marriages entered into before 2025 remain subject to the existing three-year residency requirement for spouses of Irish citizens. [67762/26]

118. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of two citizenship applications (details supplied); the reason for the continued delay in issuing approval letters following the Department's confirmation that a back end technical fault affecting these 2022 files was resolved on 26 August 2026 (details supplied); the outstanding steps, including any digital sign-off, requi…

124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration If any concessions under the new citizenship laws are going to be made for Belarussians, who since 2023 have been banned from applying for passport renewal in consulates in embassies, forcing them to return to Belarus where they potentially face political persecution (details supplied). [67644/26]

886. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of citizenship applications refused on good-character grounds in each year from 2016 to date; the number therein arising from criminal convictions, pending criminal proceedings, Garda investigations, tax matters, immigration offences, fraud, national-security concerns or other grounds, in tabular form; and if he will make a …

888. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted citizenship in each of the past five years who, at the date of application, had between five and six, six and seven, seven and eight, and more than eight years of reckonable residence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65011/26]

889. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the level of English or Irish proficiency that he proposes applicants for citizenship will be required to demonstrate; whether this will correspond with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; the exemptions that are being considered on age, disability or other grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

890. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department currently collects any information regarding the proficiency in English or Irish of persons granted citizenship; if so, the number granted citizenship in each of the past five years who were assessed as having limited or no proficiency in either language; and if not, the reason such information is not collected; …

891. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted Irish citizenship by naturalisation in each year from 2016 to date, by previous nationality; the number of applications received and refused for each nationality; the refusal rate in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65022/26]

894. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the provisions that will be made for individuals who are non-verbal or have other disabilities which may limit them in their ability to complete the new proposed language tests as part of the revised citizenship process; and if he will make a statement on the matter [65044/26]