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certificate. At the heart of naturalisation is the need for the Department to be able to identify the person who is seeking Irish citizenship. It is an essential part of the naturalisation process that people in my Department go back and examine the past of the individual seeking … Irish citizenship to ensure that what he or she is saying is correct. There are factors that could preclude a person from achieving Irish citizenship. Let us remember Irish citizenship is not a right but a privilege we give to individuals based upon an application process

live in emergency accommodation. A customs officer - someone who came here from another country many years ago and who wants to get citizenship - has received a notice to quit. These are real people with real jobs. We need to hear that the Taoiseach's sympathy and understanding

CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1999 IN RELATION TO EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS; TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION IN RELATION TO CERTIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (THEFT AND FRAUD OFFENCES) ACT 2001, THE MARITIME SECURITY ACT 2004, THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

legal identity - who a person’s documents say they are. When proving identity at any stage of the naturalisation process, the citizenship division in my Department requires evidence that a name has been used consistently. This is the bedrock of proving a person’s identity while also helping

elapse first. This needs to be looked at in the naturalisation process because my constituent has been forced to cancel their application for citizenship and has lost their fee. They do not want to carry on with obtaining an important State document with their old or so-called

apartheid regime in 1994. Nelson Mandela himself recognised the value of their gesture in 1990 when he was awarded honorary citizenship of Dublin. On that occasion, Mandela declared that the strikers had shown South Africans that ordinary people, far from the scene, had played a pioneering role

saying about vetting but, whether it is with the Defence Forces, people who are applying to An Garda Síochána or those applying for citizenship, the timelines for some parts of vetting are outside of our control. As I said, if people have lived at multiple addresses

School and the green committee there. Donal McMorland, Jason Woods and Jack O'Neill were the regional winners of the award for global citizenship today in Tullamore. They are very welcome to Dáil Éireann. The Minister, Deputy Browne, did not make that decision, but there was a communication

Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm that an applicant for Irish citizenship can leave to an EU country to study abroad while their Irish citizenship application is pending provided they can attend any required appointments in Ireland such … citizenship ceremony; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35876/26

Irish citizens residing abroad in obtaining official written confirmation that a child adopted overseas by an Irish citizen would be entitled to Irish citizenship under section 11 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; if a mechanism exists through the passport service, Irish embassies, or another appropriate

Home Affairs and Migration if section 16 naturalisation via Irish associations is a route intended for people who have no other pathway to citizenship and cannot pursue the section 15 route, such as due to residency requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40367/26

whether any analysis has been carried out regarding the proportion of first-time passport application delays attributable to incomplete applications, witness verification issues, citizenship verification issues, documentation deficiencies or internal processing delays; and if so, to provide details of the findings. [39236/26

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any review has examined opportunities to reduce duplication between citizenship verification processes undertaken during naturalisation and those undertaken during subsequent first-time passport applications; and if so, to provide details of recommendations made or actions

asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department collects, analyses or publishes homelessness presentation data by immigration, residency or citizenship status. [38875/26

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a citizenship application will be completed (details supplied) given that it is 12 months since the application was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39677/26

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a citizenship application will be completed, given that it is over 43 months since the application (details supplied) was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38677/26

Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on a person's citizenship application (details supplied); and when it is expected that a decision will be made on their application. [36649/26

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) given it is over 12 months since the application was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37130/26

Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [37748/26

Trade whether any internal review has examined the causes of delays in first-time passport applications arising from documentation verification, witness verification, or citizenship validation processes; and if so, to provide a summary of findings and recommendations. [36097/26

asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities receive guidance from his Department regarding the collection and reporting of citizenship data through PASS; and if so, to provide copies of any such guidance. [36240/26

asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the PASS system records the duration of time spent in emergency accommodation by citizenship category; and if so, to provide the average and median duration for Irish citizens, EEA/UK citizens and Non-EEA citizens for the most recent

Heritage the number of households entering emergency accommodation directly from private rental accommodation in each of the past 24 months, disaggregated by citizenship category where available. [36247/26

asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any analysis has been undertaken comparing homelessness duration-of-stay outcomes by nationality, citizenship category or immigration status since 2020. [36347/26

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) in view that it is over 14 months since the application was first submitted; and if clarification will be given that the requested documentation have been received

time spent in the State under Temporary Protection (EU Directive 2001/55/EC) for the purposes of calculating reckonable residence for applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation; if he will consider allowing, either in full or in part, such periods of residence to be counted towards the residency requirement, particularly

Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage by citizenship of all prisoners currently held in Irish prisons. [35315/26

Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) in view that it is over seven months since the application was first submitted; and if he will make a statement

Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the citizenship status of children born in Ireland to parents who are living in the State under the Temporary Protection Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32241/26

Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of citizenship revocation cases currently under active consideration by his Department; the number where notice of intention to revoke has issued; and the number where a Committee of Inquiry has been requested since

Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has published internal guidance on the operation of section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, including evidential thresholds for fraud, concealment of material facts, and serious threat to the State; and if he will make