Nationality Criteria

Nationality Criteria

What are the Nationality Criteria?

To be eligible for a grant, you must:

  • Be an Irish, EU, EEA, UK or Swiss national or
  • Hold one of the following immigration statuses or leave to remain permissions from the Department of Justice.

A refugee or other person entitled for the time being to the rights and privileges specified in section 3 of the Refugee Act 1996, including a person granted:

  • leave to enter and remain in the State as a programme refugee under section 24 of that Act, or
  • permission to enter and reside in the State as a family member of a refugee pursuant to section 18 of that Act.

A person who is, pursuant to the International Protection Act 2015:

  • given a refugee declaration under section 47(1) of that Act, or
  • a programme refugee under section 59 of that Act.
  • A person, pursuant to the European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 518 of 2006)
    • who the Minister for Justice has determined is eligible for the time being for subsidiary protection pursuant to Regulation 4 of those Regulations, or
    • to whom the Minister for Justice has granted permission for the time being in writing to enter and reside in the State pursuant to Regulation 16 of those Regulation.
  • A person, pursuant to the European Union (Subsidiary Protection) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 426 of 2013)
    • who is a person eligible for subsidiary protection and in relation to whom a subsidiary protection declaration is in force and to whom a permission to reside within the State has been granted pursuant to those Regulations; or
    • to whom the Minister for Justice has granted permission to enter and reside in the State pursuant to Regulation 25 of those Regulations; or
    • to whom the Minister for Justice has granted permission to reside in the State pursuant to Regulation 26 of those Regulations.
  • A person who is given a subsidiary protection declaration under section 47(4) of the International Protection Act 2015.
  • A person who is a family member of a person who is a national of:
    • an EU Member State,
    • a state which is a contracting state to the EEA Agreement,
    • the Swiss Confederation,

and has permission to remain in the State as a family member of such person under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons Regulations) 2006 and 2008 and Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004.

 

A person who has permission to remain in the State

  • by virtue of marriage to, or a civil partnership with, an Irish national residing in the State or
  • as a dependent child of a person coming with clause (i).

A person in respect of whom the Minister for Justice has granted humanitarian leave to remain in the State under any enactment for the time being in force.

A person in respect of whom the Minister for Justice has granted permission to remain following a determination not to make a deportation order under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999.

A person who has permission to remain in the State as a dependent child of a person who has acquired Irish citizenship by naturalisation, residing in the State.

A child of a Turkish national in respect of whom the Minister for Justice has granted a permission to reside and who, in accordance with Article 9 of Decision 1/80 of the Association Council made pursuant to the Ankara Agreement 1963, is residing with their parents, who are or have been legally employed within the State and can satisfy the conditions relating to employment laid down in Articles 6 and 7 of Decision 1/80.

A person granted permission to reside in the State under section 49 of the International Protection Act 2015.

A person to whom the Minister for Justice has granted a residence permission in accordance with the International Protection Regularisation Scheme, which permission is still valid.