Home Affairs documents
Jargon Busting

- Before Ireland Things To Do
- Home Affairs
- Other Paperwork
- Documents for Ireland
- Checklist of things to do before you move
- European Union Passport holders and South African family members (EU/EEA)- Relevant parts of the EU Directive
- Police Clearance, Tax Clearance and Driver’s licence letter of Entitlement- Must have, good to have or don’t bother?
- De Facto Relationships
- Preparing to Fly
- Things you may want to consider before you leave
- In Ireland Things to do
- Registration at Garda Immigration
- Finding a home
- Setting up your home
- Finding Employment
- PPS & Tax
- Driving in Ireland
- Animals and Plants
- How things work in Ireland
- Public Transport
- Children in Ireland (costs and education)
- Schooling in Ireland: The Basics
- Enrollment
- Homeschooling
- Types of Schools
- Supports and Transport
- Third-level Education (Tertiary)
- Pre-School
- ECCE program and Childcare in Ireland
- How much does it cost for children to grow up in Ireland?
- Children with Special Needs
- Educate Together Schools
- Habitual Residence (Child Benefit, HRC1 form, Irish Social Welfare and Operational Guidelines)
- Medical in Ireland
- Long term life in Ireland
- Family Reunification: The Basics
- Habitual Residence, Means Testing, Benefits, Permanent residency, Naturalisation and Becoming an Irish Citizen
- Starting a Business in Ireland
- Which Residency Stamps can Start a Business in Ireland?
- Starting a Business or Investing in Ireland on South African Passports
- Starting a business in Ireland- Stamp4, Stamp4EUfam and Stamp5
- FSAI advertising food businesses online
- Starting a Food business in Ireland
- Resources for this topic- Business in Ireland
- Links to everything you need
- Jargon Busting
- Helpful contact details
- Disclaimer
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 |