Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012
961 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures for the individual years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the number of decisions made on subsidiary protection and the number of decisions in which subsidiary protection was granted. [18089/12]
View answer962 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on humanitarian leave to remain and the number of these decisions where humanitarian leave to remain was granted. [18090/12]
View answer967 Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on subsidiary protection and the number of decisions in which subsidiary protection was granted for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18190/12]
View answer968 Deputy Paschal Donohoe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on humanitarian leave to remain and the number of these decisions in which humanitarian leave to remain was granted for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/12]
View answer970 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures for the individual years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 of the number of decisions made on subsidiary protection and the number of decisions where subsidiary protection was granted. [18199/12]
View answer971 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures for the individual years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 of the number of decisions made on humanitarian leave to remain and the number of these decisions where humanitarian leave to remain was granted. [18200/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 961, 962, 967, 968, 970 and 971 together.
I assume that the information sought in respect of humanitarian leave to remain refers to applications made under Section 3(6) of the Immigration Act, 1999. These applications arise in circumstances where a non-national who has no permission to be in the State is served with a notice of intent to deport under section 3(3)(a) of the Immigration Act, 1999. A person served with such a notice is afforded three options, viz. to leave the State voluntarily; to consent to the making of a Deportation Order; or to make representations in writing within 15 working days setting out reasons as to why a Deportation Order should not be made and why temporary leave to remain in the State be granted instead. In the years in question, that is, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, temporary leave to remain was granted to 1,052, 512, 232 and 1,101 persons respectively. Over the same period, in each year the total number of section 3 application cases on hands was approximately 12,000.
In addition, prior to a determination being reached on an application made under section 3 as outlined above, where a subsidiary protection application is submitted it must be considered first to assess whether the applicant has an identifiable need for international protection under the criteria defined by the applicable EU Directive. The vast majority of subsidiary applications are from persons who have already been refused refugee status following consideration of their asylum claim by an independent process comprising the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT). In 2008, 479 decisions were made on applications for subsidiary protection of which seven were granted, 680 decisions made in 2009 of which 27 were granted, 521 made in 2010 of which four were granted and 884 made in 2011 of which 13 were granted.
