Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
312. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of the number of Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Ireland since the start of the year with a breakdown by county. [49646/23]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that my Department does not keep a record of which county, within the State, that a Beneficiary of Temporary Protection (BoTP) resides in. Any queries relating to the issue of accommodation for BoTPs is a matter for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability. Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).
Temporary Protection in Ireland applies to the following groups of people who have had to flee Ukraine due to the invasion by Russia:
- Ukrainian nationals who were residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022;
- Nationals of a third country (other than Ukraine) or a stateless person who would have benefited from international protection (for example: Refugee status) or an equivalent national protection status in Ukraine and were residing there before 24 February 2022;
- Family members of persons covered by a) and b), where their family already existed in Ukraine, prior to 24 February.
Family members include a spouse or partner, unmarried minor children of either of them, and their other close dependent family relatives who have been living with them as part of the family unit before 24 February 2022.
Temporary protection also applies to nationals of a third country (other than Ukraine) and stateless people who were residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022 with a permanent Ukrainian residence permit, who cannot safely return to their country of origin.
There have been 69,586 Temporary Permissions granted during 2022.There have been 29,168 Temporary Permission granted during 2023 up to 8 November 2023.This gives a total of 98,754 Temporary Permissions granted since March 2022 to 8 November 2023. It should be noted that 926 of these permissions are no longer valid due to factors such as voluntary withdrawal, making the current valid permission in the State as 97,828.
I can further advise that there were 176 Ukrainian International Protection applicants for 2023 up to 8 November.
