Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party)
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492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protection applicants who presented as unaccompanied minors that have been age-disputed and subjected to an assessment by Tusla since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015; the number deemed as adults and placed into direct provision; and the number deemed minors and placed in the care of Tusla. [37477/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Department of Justice has the remit for immigration and international protection processes. Decisions in relation to a person’s eligibility for international protection and related services are a matter for that department. The assessment of minors is a matter for the IPO also under the remit of Department of Justice.