Visa Applications

1525. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an applications for long stay (D) join family visas which have not been processed for 13 months, longer than the maximum typical processing time an applicant may expect (details supplied); if he will request his officials to provide this update directly to the applicants in terms of how long more…

1526. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current waiting time for an appeal of a refused join family visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/25]

1527. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visa applications currently pending, by category, to date in 2025; and how this compares to the same date in 2023 and 2024. [45279/25]

1547. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of delays to the processing of a specific visa type via an embassy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/25]

1636. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the processing for tourist visas from South Africa are experiencing substantial delays; his plan to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46010/25]

1645. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing time for a long stay and join family visas; if his Department plans to publish dates for these visa categories in the same way as other categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46138/25]

1669. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing times for a visa type (details supplied); if he is aware of any delays regarding applications for this visa from a country; if efforts are underway to reduce processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46517/25]

1673. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the systems in place to allow ministers of religion to enter this country on visas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46604/25]

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who is in Gaza and has a student visa for Ireland is added to the exit lists so that they can exit Gaza and take up their studies here. [41324/25]

1907. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Palestinians he is aware of who are seeking a student visa to pursue a scholarship granted by an Irish third level institution for the 2025-26 academic year; and if he will commit to facilitating their entry to the State. [44317/25]

1921. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene urgently to assist with an individual (details supplied) who has been displaced from Gaza alongside his family who are seeking to exit Gaza and come to Ireland. [40860/25]

1963. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the last time the visa exemption list was updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41285/25]

1964. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria and considerations used in determining which countries are granted visa free access to Ireland for short stays; and the rationale behind the current inclusion of certain states on the visa-exempt list. [41317/25]

1968. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to work which his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a person (details supplied) is granted a student visa for Ireland in order to take up their studies, with a clear pathway to being added to the exit lists from Gaza. [41332/25]

1971. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider extending document submission deadlines for visas in light of confusion over whether the INIS online portal is accepting document uploads. [41490/25]

1972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of reports that the INIS online portal is informing visa and citizenship applicants that further information is required, without specifying what information is required. [41491/25]

1973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to reports that the INIS online portal is informing visa and citizenship applicants that further information is required for an application, without specifying what information is required, considering that applications may be closed if the information is not received before a defined deadline, if he will …

1974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider issuing confirmation emails after documents have been successfully received through the INIS online portal. [41493/25]

1975. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that many applicants for visas and citizenship through the online INIS portal are experiencing stress as due to technical issues with the portal given it is unclear whether their documents have successfully been uploaded. [41494/25]

2006. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications from Ukrainians for visas and asylum, for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number granted; and the number refused. [41991/25]

2007. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications from Palestinians for visas and asylum, for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number refused; and the number granted. [41992/25]

2031. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department will ensure that an individual (details supplied) will be able to arrive in Ireland to begin their studies in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42221/25]

2036. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is aware of Palestinian students being refused student visas as their scholarships provided through public third level students are not “official Government scholarships”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42296/25]

2037. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s position on the denial of visas to Palestinian students as their scholarships, which are funded by public universities, are not “official Government scholarships”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/25]

2056. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a visa for a person (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42370/25]