Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individual applications for recognition of statelessness that have been received. [31046/18]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individual applications for recognition of statelessness that were granted in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [31047/18]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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344. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average time to make a determination on an application for the recognition of statelessness. [31048/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 to 344, inclusive, together.

Statelessness results from the complex interaction of many legal and other factors. There is no specific determination process for recognition of stateless persons in Ireland; claims of statelessness can arise at any point in the immigration and protection processes and the numbers involved are very low. These cases are frequently disposed of without recourse to a determination of statelessness through procedures (e.g. permission to remain) set out under the Immigration Acts or International Protection Acts. Such cases are not centralised in a single process or section of the immigration service and, as such, statistics on stateless persons are not available in the way sought by the Deputy.