Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have sought asylum in the State for each of the past five years including this year to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37186/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The number of asylum applications received in each of the last five years was 2,689 in 2009, 1,939 in 2010, 1,290 in 2011, 956 in 2012, and 946 in 2013. These figures are publically available on the website of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, www.orac.ie. To end of August 2014, a total of 854 applications have been made.

There has been a 40% increase in asylum applications in 2014 to date compared with the same period last year.