Bernard Durkan
Question:894. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed to regularise the status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21118/20]
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For confidentiality reasons, it is not the practice to comment on applications for international protection including whether or not an application has been made. Under Section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015, it is an offence to identify an international protection applicant. The offence is punishable by summary conviction to a Class A fine or a term of imprisonment of 12 months or both.
If applicants or their designated legal advisor are seeking information on the status of their international protection application, they or their designated legal advisor should contact the Customer Service Centre of the International Protection Office (IPO) directly, either by email at info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone at 01 6028008 or in writing to Customer Service Centre, International Protection Office, 79-83 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2.
An applicant who has lodged an appeal against an IPO refusal recommendation should contact the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) directly. The IPAT operates an email service which can be contacted by individuals with queries regarding their appeal application at: info@protectionappeals.ie.
Individuals who have received a recommendation or decision from the IPO or IPAT and who are now awaiting a Ministerial Decision letter, can avail of the email service operated by the Ministerial Decisions Unit at: mduinfo@justice.ie.
More generally, queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service of my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.