Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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All applications for international protection, regardless of an applicant’s country of origin, are assessed on the basis of their individual merits, facts and circumstances.

In that context, the circumstances of each case is assessed having regard to both the subjective elements (the applicant’s own account or personal history) and objective elements (up-to-date, and reputable, information on the conditions prevailing in the applicant’s country or place of origin) at the material time.

In light of the individualised nature of the assessment carried out, and the independent role of the International Protection Officer in each case, it is not my Department's practice to make generalised statements about particular circumstances which might give rise to protection status.