Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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802. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have applied for asylum in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of asylum applications approved and refused during that period; and if he will provide the number of persons currently residing in the direct provision system. [46591/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The number of applications for asylum received in 2011, 2012 and 2013 were 1290, 956 and 687 (to end September, 2013) respectively. Over the same period, 391 persons were granted asylum status whereas 3,255 were refused.

The number of asylum applicants currently residing in the Direct Provision system is 4,344, almost 30% fewer than the number of persons accommodated at the end of 2010 which stood at 6,107.