Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 October 2022
345. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the undocumented migrant scheme that have been completed to date in 2022; the number that are outstanding; and when a decision will issue in relation to an application that was made on 6 April 2022. [50829/22]
View answerThe scheme for the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants closed on 31 July 2022. This once in a generation scheme was designed to give long-term undocumented people without a current permission to remain in the State, the chance to regularise their status, access the labour market and begin their path to citizenship.
My Department received 6,548 applications in respect of 8,311 people under the scheme. As of 10 October 2022, the number of decisions that have issued to applicants is:
|
Total Decisions |
3,210 |
|
|
Positive |
3,137 |
97.7% |
|
Negative |
34 |
1.1% |
|
Withdrawn |
39 |
1.2% |
All other applications continued to be processed and processing times may vary depending on the complexity of the application. Applications where there is an existing deportation order will require additional processing.
Additionally, the International Protection strand of the Regularisation scheme has, to 30 September 2022, received 3108 applications, with 949 successful decisions issued and an additional 839 granted an equivalent permission. A further 359 applications were ineligible and 218 applications withdrawn.
