Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
1248. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of positive decisions issued in applications for leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 from February 2019 to January 2022, by month. [19496/22]
View answerSection 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) provides the Minister for Justice with the power to make a Deportation Order and also sets out the categories of person in respect of whom such an Order can be made.
Any written representations submitted in respect of the making of a Deportation Order, as well as all other information and documentation on file, is considered under Section 3(6) of the 1999 Act, including section 3(6) (h) relating to humanitarian considerations. It is generally the case that a combination of the circumstances set out in Section 3(6) will inform any given decision.
The table below sets out the number of positive decisions made under Section 3(6) of the 1999 Act over the period requested.
|
- |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|
January |
|
19 |
33 |
37 |
|
February |
16 |
14 |
31 |
|
|
March |
11 |
10 |
25 |
|
|
April |
21 |
0 |
10 |
|
|
May |
26 |
4 |
24 |
|
|
June |
29 |
8 |
24 |
|
|
July |
37 |
14 |
34 |
|
|
August |
30 |
22 |
46 |
|
|
September |
33 |
21 |
48 |
|
|
October |
31 |
29 |
50 |
|
|
November |
9 |
24 |
34 |
|
|
December |
41 |
20 |
63 |
|
|
Total |
284 |
185 |
422 |
37 |
