Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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870. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification applications under the terms of the International Protection Act received by her Department in the past 12 months by month received in tabular form; if she will provide the number of decisions issued per month on family reunification for the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54984/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department received 782 family reunification applications for 2,287 family members under the International Protection Act 2015 between, 31 October 2021 to 31 October 2022. The table below gives the number of applications received and decided by month. Decisions issued may relate to applications which were received outside the requested period due to the time taken to process applications.

It is recognised that all applicants for FRU would wish to have a decision on their application without delay. However, the nature of the FRU process is such that, for a broad range of reasons, some cases will take longer than others to process. In some instances, completing the necessary checks can take a considerable period of time.  

Further information can be found on my Department's website here:

www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-join-family-in-ireland/family-reunification-of-international-protection-holders/