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Abbreviation/Acronym/ Term |
Information | Links to this topic |
| BMU | Border Management Unit- They control entry in to Ireland and issue you with your entry stamp | Entry in to Ireland |
| BP | British passport | Information by Passport |
| BQ | Burgh Quay- Where Dublin people go for registration of their stamps/ residency | Register at Garda Immigration |
| CSEP | Critical skills Employment Permit | Information by Passport |
| DBEI | Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation - now known as DETE | Information by Passport |
| DETE |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment- They issue work permits and business and investor visas |
Information by Passport |
| DoJ | Department of Justice | See contact list |
| DYCA | Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | See Teaching in Ireland |
| ECCE | Early Childhood Care and Education | Children in Ireland (& Education) |
| EU | European Union | Information by Passport |
| EU/EEA | European Union/ European Economic Area | Information by Passport |
| EUTR1 | Forms for the EU Treaty for qualifying family member of an EEA | Information by Passport |
| EUTR1A | Forms for the EU Treaty for permitted family member of an EEA | Information by Passport |
| FBR | Foreign Birth Registration- Registering your Irish citizenship by ancestry | Irish Citizenship (Foreign Birth Registration FBR) |
| Garda Síochána | "Guardian of the Peace." The Irish police force. Also known as Gards, Guards or Garda | |
| GNIB | Garda National Immigration Bureau- the card/ regisitration of the stamps now known as IRP | Information by Passport |
| GWP | General Work Permit | Information by Passport |
| HSE | Health Service Executive - the health service in Ireland | |
| INIS | Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service- now known as ISD | Information by Passport |
| Intreo |
Public Employment Services is a single point of contact for all employment and income supports. Where you get your PPS number if you're outside of Dublin |
PPS number |
| IRP | Irish Residence Permit | Information by Passport |
| ISD | Immigration Service Delivery- used to be INIS | Information by Passport |
| MHQ | Mandatory Hotel Quarantine | Covid and Quarantine |
| MyGovID.ie | MyGovID is a single account that lets you access government services in Ireland. | PPS number and PSRI, USC, Tax, Pensions and Customs and Revenue |
| NDLS | National Driver Licence Service- where you get your SA driver's licence exchanged | Driving in Ireland and everything related to it |
| NCT | National Car Test | Driving in Ireland and everything related to it |
| PPS | Personal Public Service Number- your social security number that you use for various things like tax etc | PPS number |
| PSC | Personal Public Service Number- the card is the Public Services Card issued after you get your PPS number | PPS number |
| PSRI | Pay Related Social Insurance- includes social insurance and a health contribution | PSRI, USC, Tax, Pensions and Customs and Revenue |
| Revenue | Irish tax and Customs | PSRI, USC, Tax, Pensions and Customs and Revenue |
| RSA | Road Safety Authority Ireland | Driving in Ireland and everything related to it |
| RSA | Republic of South Africa | |
| SA | South African | Information by Passport |
| Stamps |
The various persmissions that get "stamped" into your passport giving you permission as a Non-EU person to do certain things within Ireland |
Information by Passport |
| TC | Teaching Council | See Teaching in Ireland |
| Tusla | Child and Family Agency- child protection services | Children in Ireland (& Education) |
| USC | Universal Social Charge- known as the health contribution | PSRI, USC, Tax, Pensions and Customs and Revenue |
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