Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 22 January 2026
482. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number granted citizenship in each of the past ten, years broken down by the previous status of those granted citizenship, including whether previously granted refugee status; student visas, work visa, EU citizen and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5340/26]
View answer483. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number granted citizenship in each of the past ten years, broken down by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5341/26]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 482 and 483 together.
All applications for a certificate of naturalisation are assessed individually based on the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.
Applicants are required to have 5 years reckonable residence in the State prior to making an application, except for spouses of Irish nationals where the requirement is 3 years (under section 15 of the Act). In all cases, the final 12 months must be continuous residence in the State with up to 70 days allowed to facilitate foreign travel for business family or holiday purposes.
Table 1 below shows the number of certificates of naturalisation that were issued in the last 10 years.
In the attached document, the countries of origin of those issued a certificate are outlined. Any country of origin that is less than 10 has been amalgamated into "Rest of the World", this is to avoid possibly identifying any person.
Whilst an individual application will record the residency and immigration permission being relied on, statistics are not maintained by my Department to provide for a breakdown of the type of immigration permission held prior to naturalisation. My department does however record naturalisation statistics based on application type which are outlined below in Table 2.
