857. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing times for each visa type submitted through an office (details supplied); if he is aware of delays to applications from this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47997/25]
Topics / Visa Applications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsVisa Applications
522 questions from 111 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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519 written, 3 oral
111
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 13 |
| February 2025 | 24 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 31 |
| May 2025 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 28 |
| July 2025 | 70 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 28 |
| October 2025 | 13 |
| November 2025 | 13 |
| December 2025 | 15 |
| January 2026 | 25 |
| February 2026 | 33 |
| March 2026 | 25 |
| April 2026 | 33 |
| May 2026 | 13 |
| June 2026 | 43 |
| July 2026 | 42 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 26 |
| October 2026 | 9 |
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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
861. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite the processing of visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48027/25]
1455. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the up-to-date waiting times for applications for visiting visas from South Africa; the reason for the delay in processing said applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44513/25]
1468. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to address the delays of processing immigration applications, in particular the stamp 4 visa under the Turkish Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/25]
1471. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delays in issuing visas, particularly for those travelling from South Africa; and his plans to address the long wait times. [44743/25]
1472. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delays in issuing stamp 4 visas under the Ankara Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44744/25]
1474. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite the processing of visa applications in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44785/25]
1508. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide clarity on the current delay for stamp 5 renewals (details supplied); the steps his Department is taking to clear this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45090/25]
1522. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of pending de-facto partner visa preclearance applications, by month of receipt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/25]
1523. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of de-facto partner visa applications refused in the past three years; the most common grounds for refusal; the number of successful appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45232/25]
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 they can expect to …
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]