Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Applications for temporary protection are dealt with by officials of my Department who assess applications under the criteria outlined in the temporary protection directive (2001/55), available at the link below, which was activated by EU Council decision of 4 March 2022.

eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2022/382/oj.

Registration of persons granted temporary protection are processed on a Garda system similar to any non-EEA national entering the State and residing for more than 90 days. Biometric details, including fingerprints and photographs are taken as part of the registration process.

Each and every person arriving at a port of entry in is subject to a Schengen Information System (SIS) check. Ireland sends and receives SIS II information (termed ‘Alerts’) on persons and objects; for example, persons wanted by Member States for criminal purposes, missing persons and objects which have been stolen or are wanted as evidence for a judicial purpose.