Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 May 2017
45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under section 18(4)(a) of the Refugee Act 1996 in each of the years 2013 to 2016; the number of successful applications for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22537/17]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that statistics are not maintained in a way which distinguishes between section 18(3)(a) and 18(4)(a) applications under the Refugee Act 1996. Overall, there have been around 2,400 applications during the period and it would take a disproportionate amount of resources to manually compile the figures requested by the Deputy thus diverting staff from the core task of application processing.
