Hello r/AskIreland!

Recently, Germany passed a law that eases nationalisation requirements for certain people:

"Foreigners with exceptional academic or professional achievements, socially active individuals, or those with high language skills can obtain citizenship after three years."

This 'high language skills' essentially mean that if you have a C1 Level in German, you are allowed to naturalise after 3 years.

It got me thinking, and I remembered the case of that Chinese couple who tried to naturalise using the Irish-language forms and were told to reapply for citizenship in English afterwards. But what if Ireland also had a similar fast track citizenship, and you could use an Irish-language test to reduce the years required for naturalisation? That could incentivise new Irish citizens to learn the language and use it.