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]
Topics / Naturalisation Applications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNaturalisation Applications
124 questions from 55 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
124
questions
122 written, 2 oral
55
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
Jan 2025Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 7 |
| April 2025 | 3 |
| May 2025 | 14 |
| June 2025 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 11 |
| February 2026 | 6 |
| March 2026 | 5 |
| April 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
-
8
-
6
-
6
-
6
-
5
-
5
-
4
-
4
Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
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 case of an applicant (…
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 periods of residenc…
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 request. [30025/26]
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 requirement for naturalisat…
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 make a statement on…
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 recognition certificate …
6. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being considered by his Department to ensure the quicker processing of naturalisation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20206/26]
1283. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delay on processing naturalisation applications from persons who have applied who originated from Iran, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan; the number of applications from persons from these countries; the length of time their applications are pending a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
1356. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos 745 and 746 of 27 January 2026, if he will confirm the action his Department is taking to increase the rate of processing the old section 16 Irish association applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20164/26]
1361. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish association section 16 citizenship submissions that have been received from applicants with additional documentation in relation to the new Irish association guideline points since the guidelines have been published in April 2025; the submission date of the new guideline submissions currently being reviewed by his…
427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a paper application for naturalisation to a person who cannot use the online system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17964/26]
217. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any actions he is taking to reduce processing times for applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13014/26]
218. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the average waiting time for applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13015/26]
219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of members of a community (details supplied) in relation to delays in processing visa applications; the actions he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13016/26]
956. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted Irish citizenship by association under Section 16(1)(a) of the Citizenship Act 1956, for each year for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12928/26]