Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2022
565. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of cessations of refugee status and subsidiary protection status pursuant to sections 9 and 11 of the International Protection Act 2015 in 2021; and the number of persons excluded from refugee protection and subsidiary protection pursuant to sections 10 and 12 of the International Protection Act 2015. [7566/22]
View answerThe International Protection Act 2015, recognises, in accordance with international and EU law, that international protection ends under certain clearly defined conditions. Sections 9 and 11 of the 2015 Act set out the respective cessation provisions for both refugee status and subsidiary protection status and the situations where an international protection status that has been granted comes to an end.
Sections 10 and 12 of the 2015 Act set out the criteria by which individuals may be excluded from international protection because there are serious reasons/grounds for considering that they have, inter alia, committed various types of serious crimes, or that they are already receiving assistance from the United Nations, or that they have access to national or other protection.
There were no cessations of refugee status and subsidiary protection status under sections 9 and 11 of the International Protection Act 2015 in 2021. There was one person excluded from refugee protection and subsidiary protection pursuant to sections 10 and 12 of the International Protection Act 2015 in 2021.
