Naturalisation Applications

417. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason additional information that has already been supplied has been requested from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54494/26]

358. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) which was submitted three years ago and has completed all required vetting processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50442/26]

376. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an application for naturalisation will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50737/26]

227. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the change in policy referred to in correspondence on behalf of an applicant (details supplied) for naturalisation; the date the long standing policy of waiving the five years reckonable residency requirement for refugees changed; the reason for the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50302/26…

585. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite a naturalisation application (details supplied) in respect of a Kerry constituent who applied over 12 months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49173/26]

511. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the previous discretionary process whereby applicants for naturalisation have residency reckoned from their date of arrival in the State, instead of the date they were granted status, will apply to persons who applied for naturalisation before 8 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

512. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the fact that refugees who applied for citizenship prior to 8 December 2025 have been sent a letter from the citizenship unit advising them to submit "compelling reasons"; the reason the previous practice of refugees applying for citizenship three years from the date of their …

678. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to certificate of naturalisation applications (details supplied), the number that have been deemed ineligible and closed since Immigration Service Delivery fully transitioned to an online application portal in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45451/26]

1342. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the certificate in question could be issued in the manner outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42223/26]

145. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, 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]

811. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is he aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he will request his officials to investigate the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39351/26]

886. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the factors considered for approval under Section 16 for Irish association naturalisation in addition to meeting 50% of the Irish association guideline points in two categories, being related to an Irish citizen and being of good character. [40301/26]

201. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason there is no way to correct or amend minor administration errors on a naturalisation application; the systems that can be put in place to ensure applications are not closed for minor errors that do not reflect on the transparency or integrity of the process, causing further financial expense as in the ca…

208. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if garda e-vetting is conducted for all Section 16 Irish association naturalisation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/26]

209. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of approved Section 16 Irish association adult applicants that meet the criteria but did not have the standard five years of reckonable residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38258/26]

129. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will clarify the current policy regarding the treatment of 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…

776. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for naturalisation. [34064/26]

396. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an application for an Irish passport (naturalisation) will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33928/26]

820. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on a certificate of naturalisation application (details supplied); the reason the applicant was recently advised that their application has been closed because they failed to submit documents which his Department says were requested, though the applicant maintains they received no such reques…

286. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person’s naturalisation process is taking so long (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27366/26]

2085. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the consideration by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions of Petition P00041/25, "Fair Citizenship: 3 Years for Ukrainians under Temporary Protection in Ireland", which proposes that years spent in Ireland under temporary protection should count towards the residency require…

2131. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason persons applying for naturalisation are not automatically registered on the system on application and issued with a person ID and application reference number in the format XXXXXX-CITZ-26, and instead must wait several months before their application is formally registered on the system; and if he will…

2132. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration where an individual applies for naturalisation, waits several months to be registered on the system, and then needs to supply additional documentation at a later date, which date is considered the date of application for the purposes of recording application processing times and statistics. [26178/26]

2133. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average turnaround time for registering applications for naturalisation on the system and issuing applicants with a person ID and application reference number. [26179/26]

2174. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm that applicants for naturalisation who have recently changed their name in the process of obtaining a gender recognition certificate will have proofs of residence in their old name accepted as part of the application process; if any successful applicant for naturalisation who has a gender reco…