Family Reunification

310. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the review of the family reunion policy, which was due to be completed last year; if consideration will be given to amending the policy to allow individuals in full-time employment to have their family with them from the start; when it is envisaged that this review will be finalised and the review findings issued; an…

1522. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review into his Department's family reunification policy; when he will publish a revised policy in this area; if he will list the groups and individuals whom he has consulted on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/25]

182. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of section 56 family reunification applications on hand at the family reunification unit; the current processing times of applications; the number of FTE staff in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17817/25]

265. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16384/25]

796. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review a case concerning two Palestinian people (details provided) who have been evacuated from Gaza and are in receipt of a family reunification visa as their daughter is an Irish citizen; if she will acknowledge the trauma and terror these elderly people with medical conditions have faced and the fact that they had to lea…

120. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for family reunification received from persons residing in County Louth from 2020 to 2025. [14330/25]

121. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the average processing time for a family reunification application.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14331/25]

122. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for family reunification from persons residing in County Louth currently being processed. [14332/25]

550. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied). [13532/25]

369. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice the number of joint family visa applications received by his Department for the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13081/25]

370. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice the number of join family visa applications successfully processed by his Department for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13082/25]

379. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice the timeframe for processing joint family visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13265/25]

1158. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of delays in the processing of family reunification visa applications for workers in the health care system on employment permits, leaving them separated from their families for extended periods of time; the measures his Department is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11727/25]

1166. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to expedite a family spouse unification visa application for a person (details supplied) considering the recent worrying development where there is a threat of war between Cambodia & Thailand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11850/25]

1181. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if the website for those tracking their application for join family (sponsor is an Irish citizen or is in category A) will be updated (details supplied). [12142/25]

1182. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if the website for those tracking their application for join family (sponsor is an Irish citizen or is in category A) will be updated (details supplied). [12142/25]

1216. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the reason join family visa applications take considerably longer to process than other categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12842/25]

148. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review of the family reunification policy; if income thresholds will be considered as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6465/25]

245. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average wait time for the reunification scheme as a critical skills visa holder (not appeals). [5270/25]

246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average wait for the reunification scheme to critical skills workers when on appeal. [5271/25]

247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for the reunification scheme that are open, broken down by first-time applications and appeals. [5272/25]

248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants waiting over six months, and over 12 months, for first-time applications to the reunification scheme. [5273/25]

257. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if the delay in processing of a family spouse unification visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5356/25]

265. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the total number of applications for family re-unification that were made under section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015 in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, respectively. [5432/25]

204. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice if he will change the family reunification policy to allow healthcare assistants from outside the EU/EEA/UK earning €30,000 to bring spouses and children to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4934/25]