Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers granted international protection status in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2819/18]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications from asylum seekers for international protection in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2820/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 253 and 254 together.

The term International Protection Status encompasses both Refugee Status and Subsidiary Protection Status.  In 2017, 668 people were granted Refugee Status and 98 were granted Subsidiary Protection Status.  This gives a total of 766 persons granted International Protection Status in 2017.

There were 2,930 applications for international protection made in 2017. Of these applications, some 524 were transferred to the State from Greece under the EU Relocation Programme. Please note that these are provisional figures. The top five nationalities seeking international protection in 2017 (excluding the EU Relocation Programme) were Georgia, Albania, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Nigeria.