Written answers

Thursday, 12 October 2017

Department of Justice and Equality

Immigration Policy

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise residency and leave to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43321/17]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that it is not possible to identify either of the persons concerned based on the limited details provided by the Deputy. If the Deputy can provide further details such as dates of birth, passport numbers, references such as the Person IDs and GNIB Registration numbers, details of any children and/or other family dependents in the State that may be associated with both persons, I can then have the matter investigated further.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from the INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited. 

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure now available to a person (details supplied) in respect of their planned application for stamp 4 status and-or leave to remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43323/17]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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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 have been introduced. Such applications are now processed, as part of a single application procedure, by a new International Protection Office (IPO) which has replaced the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) from that date. 

The staff of that Office (the Chief International Protection Officer and International Protection Officers) are also independent in the performance of their protection functions.

If an application for asylum or subsidiary protection has been made in the State, for confidentiality reasons it is not the practice to comment on such applications and the applicant should 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.

For your information, 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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