2314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of visa applications received by his Department from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61654/26]

2328. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications received per visa type, the number approved, the number rejected, from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61655/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 2314 and 2328 together.

I can advise the Deputy that my Department currently operates seven overseas Visa Offices in addition to the Visa Office in Dublin. These are located in Abuja, Beijing, London, Moscow, Ankara, Abu Dhabi and New Delhi. In addition, staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade process certain visa applications in Irish Embassies abroad under delegated authority from my Department.

Visa and preclearance applications provide legal avenues for people moving to Ireland for employment, study and family reasons and also to facilitate visitors who wish to travel for business and/or tourism. These applications are screening processes, designed to establish that the person has a legitimate reason to come to Ireland prior to travel. Verifying an application is an important part of our immigration system.

The statistics requested by the Deputy are contained in the attached file.

Visa Data by Year