657. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time, by number of weeks for a naturalisation application to be approved for citizens from Morocco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65710/25]
Topics / Citizenship Applications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCitizenship Applications
313 questions from 83 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
313
questions
312 written, 1 oral
83
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 8 |
| February 2025 | 18 |
| March 2025 | 23 |
| April 2025 | 8 |
| May 2025 | 10 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 26 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 27 |
| October 2025 | 10 |
| November 2025 | 24 |
| December 2025 | 11 |
| January 2026 | 13 |
| February 2026 | 15 |
| March 2026 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 11 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 6 |
| July 2026 | 11 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 44 |
| October 2026 | 13 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
670. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the citizenship application system is structured in such a way (details supplied); and if improvements can be made to ensure greater fairness and that applicants are not repeatedly placed at the back of the queue due to administrative delays outside their control. [65886/25]
679. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on an application for citizenship for an urgent case (details supplied); if he has engaged with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66039/25]
760. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63135/25]
762. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the protections against statelessness that his Department will put in place for naturalised Irish citizens, in the context of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (Revocation of Certificate of Naturalisation) (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 2025 (S.I. No. 122/2025); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63245/25]
205. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the update on an application for Irish citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61259/25]
206. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61260/25]
761. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether those who become Irish citizens need to notify every Government agency and Department themselves to inform them that they are now citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61607/25]
762. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he is taking to coordinate Government Departments to ensure that each Department and agency acquires updated information when an individual becomes an Irish citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61608/25]
763. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied) had to manually update his citizenship with each Government Department and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61609/25]
768. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address the backlog in citizenship applications over the past five years; the timeframe for the backlog to be cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61680/25]
769. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of citizenship applications granted in each of the past five years, by nationality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61681/25]
770. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of citizenship applications revoked in each of the past five years, by nationality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61682/25]
771. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the period that an individual stays in the State under the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive will count as a period of reckonable residence for applications for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61683/25]
772. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people granted Irish citizenship in the past ten years who had been living in the State for less than five years, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61684/25]
773. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of people granted Irish citizenship and the total number of citizenship ceremonies, respectively in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61685/25]
784. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if persons currently accommodated in Ireland through the Ukrainian accommodation scheme, can apply for a residency permit after a period of two years here; his plans to allow such persons to regularise their status. [61977/25]
788. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied) was not provided with notice that there were additional documents required for their citizenship application. [62115/25]
1244. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60021/25]
1253. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the substantial delay in processing the citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57787/25]
1272. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a citizenship application will be completed given it is 30 months since the application for a person (details supplied) was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58234/25]
601. 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]
603. 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 a statement on the matter. [57015/25]
620. 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]
32. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, 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 out the information that is required, taking into acc…