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  2. Visa policy of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Entry stamp for Ireland. The visa policy of Ireland is set by the Government of Ireland and determines visa requirements for foreign citizens. If someone other than a European Union, European Economic Area, Common Travel Area or Swiss citizen seeks entry to Ireland, they must be a national of a visa-exempt country or have a valid Irish visa issued by one of the Irish diplomatic missions around ...

  3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.

  4. Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and ...

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    The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Irish: An Roinn Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

  5. Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service - Wikipedia

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    Overview. Immigration Service Delivery (ISD), previously named the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), was established in 2005 in order to provide a ‘one stop shop’ in relation to asylum, immigration, citizenship and visas. [1] ISD is responsible for administering the administrative functions of the Minister for Justice in ...

  6. Demographics of the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s the country entered a period of rapid economic growth as a result of the Celtic Tiger Irish economic boom, and the Republic started to receive immigration. Many former Irish emigrants returned home, and Ireland became an attractive destination for immigrants, from other member states EU such as Central Europe, but also from outside ...

  7. Irish diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the Early Middle Ages, Great Britain and Continental Europe experienced Irish immigration of varying intensity, mostly from clerics and scholars who are collectively known as peregrini. [1] Irish emigration to Western Europe, especially to Great Britain, has continued at a greater or lesser pace since then. Today, the ethnic Irish ...

  8. Social security in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    In Ireland, there are two categories of social security, contributory (social insurance), and non-contributory (social assistance), as well as three main types of payments: Social insurance payments. Means-tested payments [1] Universal payments [2] All benefits are administered by the Department of Social Protection, [3] which is divided into ...

  9. Irish nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Irish nationality law. An Act to make provision for the acquisition and loss of Irish nationality and citizenship. The primary law governing nationality of Ireland is the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, which came into force on 17 July 1956. Ireland is a member state of the European Union (EU) and all Irish nationals are EU citizens.