Immigration Status

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Questions (589)

Pa Daly

Question:

589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that were granted permission to remain or refugee status in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and the number of cases considered in those years in tabular form. [6602/22]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice

The figures requested by the Deputy are set out in the tables below.

The International Protection Office of my Department makes a first instance recommendation and decisions in respect of international protection are then made by the Ministerial Decisions Unit of my Department.

Grants of International Protection by the Ministerial Unit Decisions by year and type*

Year in which decision was made	Grant of refugee status	Grant of subsidiary protection status	Refusals of international protection	Total**
2019	953	165	1,608	2726
2020	1,035	161	922	2118
2021	1099	99	971	2169
Total	3087	425	3501	7013

*These figures are in respect of the year in which the decision was taken and not the year in which the application was made.

Where an applicant has been refused international protection, as part of a single procedure, a decision will be made on whether or not to grant the applicant permission to remain in the State. The table below provides details of the number of grants of permission to remain made in the years sought by the Deputy.

Grants of Permission to Remain at First Instance

2019	2020	2021
266	200	591

If an applicant is refused either refugee status or subsidiary protection or both, the recommendation can be appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT). If the Tribunal upholds the refusal, and the applicant has been refused permission to remain by the IPO, the refusal of permission to remain will be reviewed on foot of further submissions from the applicant.

The table below provides the statistics requested in respect of such cases:

Year	PTR Review Grant	PTR Review Refusal
2019	174	526
2020	135	371
2021	591	<=5