None, if you're a tourist you get nothing, if you're here on a work visa, you get nothing - a work visa specifically states you have NO access to public funds & since they're generaly tied to a specific job, either you find a job sharpish or you lose your work visa.
They need to see your face - the idea of photographic ID is to match a face & name. If you have difficulties with this I suggest you contact the Imam at your mosque to discuss this but if you refuse to supply a photo that shows your face properly then they won't be able to issue you with...
I have a query about a point of law. Is there a bit of a grey area in Irish nationality law around legal residence?
Apparently if you are not Irish or British it is sufficient to be legally resident on the island of Ireland for 3 out of 4 years before the birth of a child for the child to...