Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of applications under the regularisation scheme for the long-term undocumented by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20741/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Based on the information supplied by the Deputy, it has unfortunately not been possible to locate the application for the persons referred to.

More generally, in relation to the Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme, as of 24 April 2022, my Department has received 4068 applications in respect of  5294 applicants and 148 positive decisions have been issued, with more to follow on an ongoing basis.

Under the international protection strand of the Scheme, 1,446 applications have been received and 130 positive decisions have issued, as of 15 April 2022.

Every application received will be assessed individually in accordance with the published criteria, available here: www.irishimmigration.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Undocumented-Policy-Scheme-January-2022.pdf and at: www.ipo.gov.ie.

Applications are processed in chronological order based on the date received and processing times may vary depending on the complexity of the individual application.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility at INISOireachtasMail@justice.ie, 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 Question process. The Minister may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Minister's view, inadequate or too long awaited.