Fine Gael TD Naoise Ó Muirí said last year 153 spouses were granted permission to come to Ireland under international protection arrangements. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
A Government backbencher has urged Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to reduce the planned waiting time for family reunification applications from three years to one.
Fine Gael TD Naoise Ó Muirí said last year 153 spouses were granted permission to come to Ireland under arrangements for people granted international protection, out of “123,000 plus” people who entered Ireland in 2025.
“That’s just 0.12 per cent of that total,
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