The Minister for Justice is facing several High Court challenges from bodies claiming their bids for inclusion in the now-defunct Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) were wrongly rejected.
The “golden visa” scheme allowed non-EU foreign nationals who invested large sums of money in various projects to secure visas allowing them to reside in Ireland. The Government scrapped it abruptly in 2src23.
Challenges before the court on Monday are the latest High Court actions to be brought by applicants who lodged their applications with the Minister before the IIP was discontinued and who were not included in the scheme.
[ Concerns for years in Department of Justice over immigrant investor programme ]
Naas Rugby Football Club and representatives of a Christian group called “The Church on the Main Street CLG” have brought separate, but similar, judicial review actions against the Minister.
The court on Monday heard that “The Church on Main Street” had secured an investor under the IIP to help it purchase and renovate a Naas property known as the Dara Cinema, which it uses as a foodbank and drop-in centre.
Naas Rugby Football Club obtained an investor so it could u
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