International Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Questions (324)

Matt Shanahan

Question:

324. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications for temporary protection received in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, listed by country of origin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49423/23]

Written answers

Minister for Justice

I can advise the Deputy that Temporary Protection in Ireland applies to the following groups of people who have had to flee Ukraine due to the invasion by Russia:

a. Ukrainian nationals who were residing in Ukraine before 24 February 2022;

b. 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;

c. 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 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 It should be noted that 926 of these permissions are no longer valid due to factors such as voluntary withdrawal, so the current valid permission is 97,828.

The tables below provide the information requested by the Deputy.

Table 1. Temporary Permissions granted by nationality during 2022

Nationality	Total
Afghanistan	39
Algeria	7
Armenia	16
Azerbaijan	13
Belarus	14
Egypt	23
Ethiopia	6
Georgia	68
Ghana	10
India	13
Iran (Islamic Republic Of)	5
Iraq	6
Jordan	5
Kenya	18
Lebanon	5
Moldova, Republic Of	30
Morocco	6
Nigeria	255
Other**	71
Russian Federation	123
Pakistan	19
Somalia	26
Sudan	13
Syrian Arab Republic	39
Tajikistan	25
Türkiye	14
Ukraine	68,681
United States Of America	15
Uzbekistan	16
Zimbabwe	5
Total	69,586

*Please note all figures are correct at time of issue and may be subject to data cleansing.

**It is the policy of my Department not to release numbers where there are less than 5 in respect of any nationality, as there is a possibility that a person may be identifiable by releasing such information.

Table 2. Temporary Permissions granted by nationality during 2023 to 8 November 2023

Nationality	Total
Georgia	12
Moldova, Republic Of	11
Nigeria	19
Other**	61
Russian Federation	51
Ukraine	29,001
Uzbekistan	13
Total	29,168

*Please note all figures are correct at time of issue and may be subject to data cleansing.

**It is the policy of my Department not to release numbers where there are less than 5 in respect of any nationality, as there is a possibility that a person may be identifiable by releasing such information.