Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Waterford since the revocation of a deportation order by the courts; if this case will be fairly considered in view of time elapsed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46672/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they remain in the protection process.

In terms of the processing of subsidiary protection applications generally the following information may be of interest to the Deputy. The Deputy will be aware that responsibility for the processing of subsidiary protection applications rests with the Refugee Applications Commissioner under the European Union (subsidiary Protection) Regulations 2013. The Commissioner announced in March 2014 that he is according priority to certain classes of applications for subsidiary protection. The legal basis for the prioritisation of applications is set out in the 2013 Regulations. Prioritisation relates solely to the scheduling of interviews and will not predetermine any recommendation to be made. The UNHCR as part of its mandate in relation to international protection has provided advice in relation to the prioritisation of applications.

High quality and fair decision-making in all cases continues to be a key priority at all stages of the protection process.