Visa Applications

773. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the recent refusal of visa applications for a group of 33 Palestinian children who were due to travel to Ireland as part of a cultural and sporting exchange organised by GAA Palestine; if he is aware that this trip had been in planning for months and involved the support of over 150 Irish families ac…

267. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently examine a 90-day visitor application (details supplied); if assistance will be provided in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38488/25]

275. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the plan to evacuate 18 seriously ill children from Gaza to Ireland for potentially life-saving treatment has stalled because of Government concerns about granting special visas to the children’s siblings, can these visas be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38457/25]

278. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delays in issuing visas for the siblings of children set to be evacuated to Ireland for medical treatment; if he is aware of the time sensitive manner of these evacuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38473/25]

279. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently examine a 90-day visitor application (details supplied); if assistance will be provided in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38487/25]

287. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the high rate of 'pending' visa applications from Iranian citizens in 2024, at 37% compared to, for example, 17% for applications from Afghanistan and 7% for citizens from the Russian Federation, which also have greater absolute numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38573/25]

288. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views regarding the refusal of student visas for all the applicants for the joint undergraduate accounting programme established between colleges (details supplied), which has been in preparation since 2O21, with this first group of students set to complete two semesters, commencing in the summer of 2025.…

403. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline any contact with the President of Griffith College in relation to the years of preparatory work which was undertaken between Griffith College and Ferdowski University in Mashhad in the establishment of the joint undergraduate accounting programme between the two instituti…

617. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average waiting time for approval of long-stay (D) student visa applications from India, Nigeria, Brazil and China, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37205/25]

618. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for employment-based visa applications; if he will provide a breakdown by visa office and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37206/25]

619. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of time taken to process visa appeals, broken down by visa type and region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37207/25]

620. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for short-stay (C) visa applications, broken down by application centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37208/25]

638. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide data on the processing times for Stamp 4 visa applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/25]

652. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the status of visa applications for a sporting group (details supplied); the steps being taken by his Department to assist the group given the error made by the relevant embassy; when a decision will be made on the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37663/25]

71. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to address delays in processing times for visa applications submitted to the South Africa visa desk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36526/25]

299. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on a visa stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied); and if the case will be expedited. [36783/25]

301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a detailed report on the current average processing times for visa applications submitted by Irish citizens for their non-EEA spouses; the number of such applications presently awaiting a decision; the total number of spousal visa applications submitted by Irish citizens over the past 24 months; t…

176. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how a person (details supplied) can go about getting a visa refund given the long delays in processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36357/25]

179. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time for join family visa applications made by non-EU spouses of Irish citizens; and his Department’s plans to address current backlogs. [36442/25]

553. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35328/25]

561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views in relation to the length of time it takes to process holiday/visit visas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/25]

566. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when persons (details supplied) can expect a decision on their short-stay holiday visa appeal. [35560/25]

574. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if emergency visa applications for persons (details supplied) will be expedited given the current situation in their home country of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35744/25]

584. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the majority off all join family visa applications are being sent to visa HQ in Dublin when several embassies hold powers to process in-house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35950/25]

585. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for join family visas processed in Dublin HQ given the 72-day processing time stated by him in previous parliamentary questions is not in line with processing times stated on the ISD website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/25]