Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
442. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been granted some form of status including leave to remain in the years since the direct provision system commenced; and the number of persons who have been through the direct provision system since that system commenced. [34958/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe following table shows the numbers of persons who have been granted refugee status, subsidiary protection and leave to remain between 2011 and 2016. Figures before 2011 are not readily available.
|
Year |
No of Applicants granted status |
|
2011 |
1246 |
|
2012 |
693 |
|
2013 |
1157 |
|
2014 |
1232 |
|
2015 |
1844 |
|
2016 |
1434 |
The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department advise that 58,519 new applicants have applied for accommodation since 10 April 2000.
Between 10 April 2000 and 4 January 2009, a person was classified as a 'new applicant' only if he/she sought accommodation on the same day that an application was made to ORAC (now the International Protection Office - IPO). Persons who subsequently sought accommodation from RIA during this period were not included in the figures.
As the figures are collated at the point where a person seeks and is provided with accommodation, they do not include additional family members that may later join the resident in the accommodation, such as arising from the birth of a new baby or the arrival of a family member through Tusla's services.
