Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 June 2023
259. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice in view of the published daily figures on the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection and temporary international protection, if she will consider publishing the figures on the number of applications processed and determine how each application came to the natural conclusion. [26934/23]
View answerThe International Protection Office publishes statistics in relation to applications received on a monthly basis. These can be viewed at:
www.ipo.gov.ie/en/ipo/pages/statistics.
In order to assist the Deputy I have included below a breakdown of final applicant decisions (2019 to date) regarding international protection applications made in the State.
A total of 5,950 decisions were made by my Department during 2022. Of this number, 2,021 decisions were a grant of international protection and 2,789 decisions were made to grant an applicant a humanitarian permission to remain.
The table below sets out the decisions made from 2019 to 2023.
Latest Decision Made per Applicant for International Protection from 2019 to April 2023*
|
Decision Year |
Refugee Status Grants |
Subsidiary Protection Grants |
Permission to Remain Grant (IPO 1st Instance/Final Decision)** |
Refusal All |
Total Decisions |
|
2019 |
951 |
163 |
421 |
1,065 |
2,600 |
|
2020 |
1,032 |
153 |
311 |
614 |
2,110 |
|
2021** |
1,105 |
95 |
1,140 |
16 |
2,356 |
|
2022*** |
1,926 |
95 |
2,789 |
1,140 |
5,950 |
|
2023 (to end of April) |
647 |
40 |
287 |
512 |
1,486 |
|
Total |
5,661 |
546 |
4,948 |
3,347 |
14,502 |
* The figures in the table above refer to the year in which the decision was made and not necessarily to the year in which the application was made.
** Due to the impact of the COVID pandemic a pause on issuing refusals was implemented and this impacted the volume of such decisions in late 2020 and all of 2021
*** The number of permission to remain grants in 2022 and 2023 includes permissions granted under the IP regularisation scheme.
Insofar as Temporary Protection for persons fleeing the conflict in Ukraine is concerned, my Department consider applications made under the Temporary Protection Directive and issues a temporary protection certificate to each eligible person. As of 21 May 2023, 82,956 people have been granted temporary protection since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.
The Department is examining arrangements for further periodic publication of statistics relating to decisions made on International Protection and Temporary Protection.
