“It is five years already, plus another two years by the time it is processed, so that is seven years. Moving it to eight years is essentially moving it to ten. These are people who are contributing to our society. They are paying taxes. They are working. They are integrating and the Government is simply moving the goalposts on them. People who had expectations around when they were going to have citizenship have had their lives upturned by this decision.”
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Five years was the promise.
People came to Ireland on the rule of five years and planned their lives on it. The Government wants eight, for them too, and has published no reason why.