#keepitfiveSay no to the citizenship overhaul

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Started on 28 August by Manavi Purohit, a Dublin immigration adviser. 11,897 people have signed, and it is still gaining several hundred a day. Add your name. Two more are open: every petition.

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Two letters ready to go: one if this affects you, one if you are an Irish citizen who thinks it is wrong. Fill in, sign, send.36

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Who to write to first

Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Pre-legislative scrutiny happens in this room, and it happens before the text of the Bill is finalised. The committee reads the General Scheme, can call officials and experts in to answer for it, and publishes a report recommending changes.67 These fourteen are the people who can get a transitional provision written in while the Bill is still being drafted. Write to them as well as to your own TDs.

Nine TDs and five Senators. The Oireachtas membership page opens on the select committee, which is the nine Deputies on their own; considering a General Scheme is a joint committee job, so the Senators sit on this one too.68 Address them as Senator, not Deputy.

Nine TDs

Matt CarthyChairSinn Féin · Cavan-Monaghanmatt.carthy@oireachtas.ie
Paula ButterlyVice-chairFine Gael · Louthpaula.butterly@oireachtas.ie
Tom BrabazonFianna Fáil · Dublin Bay Northtom.brabazon@oireachtas.ie
Catherine CallaghanFine Gael · Carlow-Kilkennycatherine.callaghan@oireachtas.ie
Albert DolanFianna Fáil · Galway Eastalbert.dolan@oireachtas.ie
Gary GannonSocial Democrats · Dublin Centralgary.gannon@oireachtas.ie
Alan KellyLabour Party · Tipperary Northalan.kelly@oireachtas.ie
Pádraig O'SullivanFianna Fáil · Cork North-Centralpadraig.osullivan@oireachtas.ie
Mark WardSinn Féin · Dublin Mid-Westmark.ward@oireachtas.ie

Five Senators

Robbie GallagherFianna Fáil · Seanadrobbie.gallagher@oireachtas.ie
Garret KelleherFine Gael · Seanadgarret.kelleher@oireachtas.ie
Michael McDowellIndependent · Seanadmichael.mcdowell@oireachtas.ie
Anne RabbitteFianna Fáil · Seanadanne.rabbitte@oireachtas.ie
Lynn RuaneIndependent · Seanadlynn.ruane@oireachtas.ie

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All 174 TDs, with the email and phone number from their Oireachtas page.37 Pick your county, tick your TDs, and the letter below is addressed to them for you.

Not sure? Who are my TDs (Electoral Commission) finds them from your Eircode, checktheregister.ie tells you your constituency, and the full list is on oireachtas.ie. We have flagged Ministers and members of the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: they are the ones who can move this.

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Subject: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 - transitional provisions

Dear Deputy [TD SURNAME],

My name is [FULL NAME] and I live in [AREA / TOWN]. I'm writing to you about the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026.

I moved to Ireland in [YEAR] on a [PERMISSION TYPE]. Ireland created that permit because it wanted and needed people with specific skills to come and work here. It was very clear what was expected of us: work, pay tax, contribute to and become part of the community. After five years of reckonable residence, we could then apply to become citizens. I have been doing exactly that since I arrived. I have now spent [NUMBER] years building a life here, on the understanding that the framework I came under would remain the same for me.

[YOUR SITUATION]

Going from five years to eight changes the rules for people who are already here and working. I'm not saying the Government cannot or should not change the rules. Of course it can. What I am saying is that there is a difference between changing them for people who have not yet entered the country and changing them for people who are already here and halfway through the process. The first is policy. The second is moving the goalposts.

I'm asking for one thing: a transitional provision in the Bill that protects anyone already lawfully resident on an employment permit or Stamp 4 when it is enacted, so that we are assessed under the rules that were in place when we arrived. As far as I can tell, nothing published so far says whether that is even being considered.

Three questions I'd like you to put to the Minister for me:

1. Will the Bill include transitional or grandfathering provisions for people already lawfully resident here? If not, why was that decided?
2. What is the evidence base for eight years rather than five?
3. How does this sit alongside enterprise and IDA policy, which depends on Ireland being credible when it competes for skilled workers?

I'd be grateful if you would raise this during pre-legislative scrutiny at the Justice Committee, and I would also appreciate a written reply telling me where you stand on this today.

Yours sincerely,

[FULL NAME]
[STREET ADDRESS]
[TOWN, COUNTY, EIRCODE]
[PHONE] | [EMAIL]

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Not legal advice. The Bill itself has not been drafted. The General Scheme was published on 21 September 2026 and is here as a PDF, and summarised Head by Head on The Bill; anyone assessing their own position should read it and take advice on their own dates and permissions.

Compiled 10 September 2026 from published sources. Last updated . Plain-text version, every figure with its source: /facts.php.