Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2016
82. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; if they were asylum-related or non-asylum related; the number of such applications pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21412/16]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that as of 11/07/2016, there are approximately 3,200 people awaiting processing of their representations under section 3 of the Immigration Act, 1999 (as amended). This includes both failed asylum seekers and anyone who entered the section 3 process by any other means, for example, those whose immigration permission has lapsed or not been renewed. The majority of the cases on hand falls into this latter category and past experience shows that a number will have left the State without notifying the immigration authorities or will have obtained a different permission in the interim. Over the past number of years huge progress has been made in dealing with the volume of cases on hand - for example, the cases on hand in 2011 stood at around 11,000.
Please see the following table of breakdown of numbers granted Leave to Remain from 01/01/2013 to 11/07/2016.
Breakdown from 2013 to date (11/07/2016) of individuals granted permission to remain following a consideration under Section 3
|
Year |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Total |
|
Type: (i) asylum |
637 |
645 |
1,201 |
339 |
2,822 |
|
(ii) non asylum |
294 |
228 |
101 |
49 |
672 |
|
Total |
931 |
873 |
1,302 |
388 |
3,494 |
