So: if you have lived all your life in Milwaukee but your granny left Mayo in 1930, Irish citizenship is yours for the asking. If you’re caring for patients in an Irish hospital since you arrived here from India in 2020, the Government wants you to know that citizenship may or may not be granted, reluctantly and with bad grace, in 2028.
What are we saying here about Irishness? That the Milwaukee man is “really” Irish while the Indian-born woman is “really” not Irish. One person belongs to “us” regardless of any real-life connection to the island. The other does not belong in spite of making her life here.
You can come up with as many different examples as you like. The Irish diasporas citizen surge has not resulted in a significant strain on the infrastructure of the State.
The range is three to ten years, most countries require five. It’s clear where he’s moved to and it’s a minority. Wonder why. This is not the first time O’Callaghan has aligned with the further right MS across the EU.
Would be simple enough to insert a clause that 3/4/5 years in an “essential” role like healthcare etc would shorten the wait-time requirement for processing?