Immigration/Asylum

• 24/01/2012   Shatter announces two new initiatives: Immigrant Investor Programme and Start-up Entrepreneur Scheme
• 03/01/2012   Immigration in Ireland 2011 – a year-end snapshot – major changes and more to follow
• 10/11/2011   Minister Shatter signs new nationality and citizenship Regulations
• 30/06/2011   Government launches Visa Waiver Programme in Jobs and Tourism Boost
• 16/06/2011   Minister Shatter introduces major changes to citizenship application processing regime
• 09/06/2011   Sham marriages leading to abuses of EU freedom of movement rights
• 11/05/2011   Alan Shatter TD, Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence announces Ireland’s first formal Visa Waiver Programme as an integral part of the Government’s Job Initiative
• 21/03/2011   Statement by Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr Alan Shatter, TD, on the implications of the recent ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Ruiz Zambrano.
• 07/01/2011   Minister Dermot Ahern announces end of year asylum statistics
• 22/09/2010   Government Launches new strategy to significantly expand international student numbers