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Immigration Status

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2020

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Ceisteanna (328)

Brendan Howlin

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328. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review an appeal by a person (details supplied) for permission to remain; if there has been a change in policy in providing updated information to Members of Dáil Éireann on the status of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12191/20]

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Following the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015 on 31 December 2016, new arrangements for the investigation and determination of applications for international protection (refugee status and subsidiary protection) and cases involving permission to remain in the State were introduced. Such applications are now processed, as part of a single application procedure, by the International Protection Office (IPO).

The IPO is an office within the Immigration Service Delivery function of my Department, responsible for processing applications for international protection under the International Protection Act 2015.

The staff of the IPO (the Chief International Protection Officer and International Protection Officers) are independent by law in the exercise of their international protection functions.

It remains the policy of the Department that if an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality obligations under the Act, we do not comment on such applications. The applicant, or their legal representative, may contact the International Protection Office directly either by email to info@ipo.gov.ie, by telephone to the IPO Customer Service Centre at (01) 6028008 or in writing to:

Customer Service Centre, International Protection Office, 79-83 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2.

The Chief International Protection Officer, following consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published a statement on the Prioritisation of Applications for International Protection under the International Protection Act 2015 on 27 February 2017 which is available on the website of the International Protection Office (www.ipo.gov.ie).

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