Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Asylum Applications
10:00 pm
Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications made in each of the past 48 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24685/08]
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in tabular format below.
The number of asylum applications received by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) from June 2004 to May 2008.
| Date | Number |
| Jun-04 | 324 |
| Jul-04 | 371 |
| Aug-04 | 401 |
| Sep-04 | 466 |
| Oct-04 | 329 |
| Nov-04 | 409 |
| Dec-04 | 430 |
| Jan-05 | 393 |
| Feb-05 | 377 |
| Mar-05 | 489 |
| Apr-05 | 320 |
| May-05 | 322 |
| Jun-05 | 315 |
| Jul-05 | 325 |
| Aug-05 | 348 |
| Sep-05 | 372 |
| Oct-05 | 320 |
| Nov-05 | 346 |
| Dec-05 | 396 |
| Jan-06 | 405 |
| Feb-06 | 313 |
| Mar-06 | 438 |
| Apr-06 | 282 |
| May-06 | 412 |
| Jun-06 | 278 |
| Jul-06 | 313 |
| Aug-06 | 332 |
| Sep-06 | 422 |
| Oct-06 | 394 |
| Nov-06 | 415 |
| Dec-06 | 310 |
| Jan-07 | 385 |
| Feb-07 | 333 |
| Mar-07 | 347 |
| Apr-07 | 277 |
| May-07 | 318 |
| Jun-07 | 316 |
| Jul-07 | 358 |
| Aug-07 | 294 |
| Sep-07 | 318 |
| Oct-07 | 356 |
| Nov-07 | 343 |
| Dec-07 | 340 |
| Jan-08 | 329 |
| Feb-08 | 296 |
| Mar-08 | 299 |
| Apr-08 | 299 |
| May-08 | 301 |
| Total | 16,876 |
Asylum applications have continued to fall in each of the past four years.
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