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Good Friday Agreement, but is still not allowed to vote in a presidential election.In effect, that means we have a two-tier citizenship in relation to this country and it is undemocratic.It is against the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. Imagine for a second the absolute … enabling a vote for Irish citizens in the North of Ireland. There are currently 700,000 Irish people in the North with Irish citizenship. They are being blocked by this Government. There is often a difference between talk and action in this place. Every political party has said

North of Ireland to identify themselves and to be accepted as Irish or British or both. It affirms their right to Irish citizenship, a right recognised in both Irish and international law. That means that every person born on this island, North or South, is part … Friday Agreement and the Constitution. You cannot recognise a person as Irish in law but deny them the most basic democratic right of citizenship, namely the right to vote for their President. In 2013, the constitutional convention, a citizens' assembly made up of ordinary people and elected representatives

extended to make it possible for those citizens to vote. Turning to the North, the question must be asked; what does Irish citizenship mean? In 2013, the Convention on the Constitution voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending the presidential franchise to Northern citizens and Irish citizens living abroad … they believe represents them. Being an Irish citizen must mean more than the possession of a passport. The true and practical expression of citizenship is the right to participate in democracy, the right to vote to shape the leadership and direction of your nation. That right, the right

addressed in advance include whether the right to vote should be restricted to those born on the island of Ireland, those with citizenship or simply passport holders. The Labour Party supports citizenship as the condition for eligibility. As I said previously, establishing a special Oireachtas committee would

last presidential election where Irish citizens in the North are excluded. It has to be the end of a two-tiered citizenship in this country. We must not have a situation where one section of Irish citizens is more equal than others. This has to be the last

forget that. These children face Russian re-education so-called, vilification of their nationality, forced adoption and coercion to accept Russian citizenship. The idea of snatching somebody's child creates such a horror. As I have said previously, it is my firm belief that the forced displacement

egregious offence to people in Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Clare and Limerick, and in my home county of Donegal. It is second-class citizenship. I am appealing to the Government to urgently look at the mistakes of this scheme to see how cruel it is. Thousands of council houses

Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for Irish citizenship on grounds of "Irish Associations" under Section 16 (1) (a) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 approved to date in 2025, and separately

birth and baptismal certificate for a person born in Ireland in March 1923 is acceptable evidence for their grandchild, when applying for Irish citizenship and an Irish passport. [57033/25

Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the path to Irish citizenship for persons who arrived in Ireland under the Afghan Admission Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56975/25

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider reopening citizenship applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56994/25

Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reasons a citizenship application was refused for a person (details supplied) despite the applicant providing evidence that she was resident in Ireland for five of the previous seven years; and if he will make

Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will clarify the action needed regarding American citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57399/25

will outline the measures in place to ensure that individuals associated with foreign intelligence or influence entities are not granted residency, citizenship or investor visas in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55934/25

Home Affairs and Migration if he will address the impact of issuing certificates of naturalisation, after naturalisation ceremonies for persons who have acquired citizenship, but will miss the voter registration deadline; and his plans to ensure that future such cohorts are not deprived of the opportunity to vote

Home Affairs and Migration the action his Department will take to resolve issues with the INIS online portal being experienced by visa and citizenship applicants, in view that applicants are being advised that further information is needed to be submitted in relation to their application without clearly setting

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to reopening visa and citizenship applications which were closed as a result of applicants being unable to submit a further information request from his Department, in view that applicants are being

Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the work being done to improve processing times for visa applications, citizenship applications and stamp applications at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53868/25

Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are plans to review the citizenship process in areas such as length of residency immediately prior to application, criminal records, proficiency in Irish or English; and if he will make a statement

Affairs and Migration the action his Department is taking to resolve technical issues with the INIS online portal being experienced by visa and citizenship applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54163/25

Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to reopening visa and citizenship applications which were closed as a result of applicants being unable to submit a further information request from his Department, in view that applicants are being

Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on a citizenship application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is working as an anaesthesiologist since March 2023. [52986/25

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a citizenship application for a person (details supplied) will be completed, in view that it is almost 30 months since the application was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter

Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the fact his Department has spent €4.6 million on court cases brought by citizenship applicants due to long waiting times (details supplied), the means by which his Department will address these waiting times; and if he will make

Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if proposals are under consideration for citizenship to automatically be granted to residents who live in Ireland for over twenty years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52456/25