Source document
Dáil Éireann debate, 17 October 2002: Priority Questions - Passports for Investment Scheme [18486/02]
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Dáil priority question of 17 Oct 2002: publication of the review group report (4 Aug 2002); the Minister's view of the scheme (introduced 1988, suggested 1986, changed in 1994, no statutory basis); his examination of the file on 11 passports and naturalisations found 'irregular and unusual'; all pre-1997 files sought by the Moriarty tribunal; history of the 1994 internal inquiry; the Minister's pledge never to recommend selling citizenship again. Only number about the programme: the 11 naturalisations (recorded). Existing event on the 11 passports not duplicated.
What it supports
4 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Timeline (3)
- Irish minister calls 1990 passport grants irregular and unusual17 Oct 2002ScandalIreland · Citizenship by investment scheme
- Report of the review group on investment-based naturalisation published4 Aug 2002ContextIreland · Citizenship by investment scheme
- Minister says the investment-based naturalisation scheme was introduced in 19881988LaunchIreland · Citizenship by investment scheme
About the document
What it covers Publication of the Review Group report (Aug 2002); Minister's finding that 11 passports/naturalisations (1990) were irregular; Moriarty Tribunal holds the files
Notes Oireachtas open-data XML (Akoma Ntoso) of the official Dáil report; the oireachtas.ie web page is behind a CAPTCHA, so the XML from data.oireachtas.ie was stored instead. Same text as the Official Report.
Source id irl-dail-pq-2002-10-17 · accessed 2 Oct 2026