Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2017
133. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, by nationality, granted leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; if they were asylum related or non-asylum related; the number of applications pending; if they are asylum related or non-asylum related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24567/17]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the information sought by the Deputy is included in the following tables. It should be noted that persons issued with a notice under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 have their cases considered in accordance with the provisions of the section, following which they may be issued with a Deportation Order or permission to remain. While Deportation Orders are made under the terms of Section 3, permission to remain is granted under the Minister's general executive authority. The figures in the tables relate to cases where Section 3 Notices issued to the persons concerned. There is a further cohort of cases granted where no Section 3 Notice issued prior to the granting of permission to remain. This generally happens in the cases of children. There were 178 such cases in 2016 where permission to remain was granted in this way.
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Leave to Remain Grants in 2016 broken down by Nationality and Asylum/Non-Asylum |
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Nationality |
Asylum |
Non-Asylum |
Total |
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Nigeria |
147 |
16 |
163 |
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Pakistan |
48 |
2 |
50 |
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Congo (The Democratic Rep. of) |
36 |
0 |
36 |
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Zimbabwe |
22 |
2 |
24 |
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South Africa |
17 |
4 |
21 |
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China (including Hong Kong) |
6 |
14 |
20 |
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Cameroon |
14 |
0 |
14 |
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Georgia |
12 |
1 |
13 |
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Ghana |
13 |
0 |
13 |
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Bangladesh |
10 |
2 |
12 |
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Others |
142 |
24 |
166 |
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Total |
467 |
65 |
532 |
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Leave to Remain Grants in 2017 (up to and including 18/05/2017) broken down by Nationality and Asylum/Non-Asylum |
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Nationality |
Asylum |
Non-Asylum |
Total |
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Afghanistan |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Albania |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Algeria |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Angola |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Armenia |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Bolivia |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Brazil |
0 |
9 |
9 |
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Cameroon |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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China (including Hong Kong) |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Congo (the Democratic Rep. of) |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Ethiopia |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Kosovo/UNSCR 1244 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Malawi |
5 |
0 |
5 |
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Mauritius |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Nepal |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Nigeria |
25 |
3 |
28 |
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Pakistan |
21 |
0 |
21 |
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Philippines |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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Rwanda |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Sierra Leone |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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South Africa |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Uganda |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Ukraine |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Zimbabwe |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Total |
80 |
21 |
101 |
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Leave to Remain Pending (up to and including 28/04/2017) broken down by Nationality and Asylum/Non-Asylum |
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Nationality |
Asylum |
Non-Asylum |
Total |
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Pakistan |
169 |
453 |
622 |
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China (including Hong Kong) |
40 |
412 |
452 |
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Nigeria |
193 |
192 |
385 |
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Brazil |
7 |
370 |
377 |
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Mauritius |
10 |
141 |
151 |
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Bangladesh |
44 |
99 |
143 |
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India |
20 |
117 |
137 |
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South Africa |
33 |
71 |
104 |
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Philippines |
1 |
83 |
84 |
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Albania |
73 |
9 |
82 |
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Others |
738 |
685 |
1423 |
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Total |
1,328 |
2,632 |
3,960 |
