Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) can apply for citizenship while on temporary permission given their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26155/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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EU Council Implementing Decision 2022/382 applied the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive to persons displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including persons recognised as refugees in Ukraine. At a meeting of EU Home Affairs Ministers on 13 June 2024, political agreement was reached to extend the Temporary Protection Directive until March 2026.

I can advise the Deputy that discussions on the arrangements for beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, when the Directive is no longer active, are ongoing, both within the Government and at an EU level, in recognition of the need for certainty for beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU. These discussions include the residency conditions for beneficiaries of Temporary Protection when the Directive is no longer active in March 2026. The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot pre-empt future discussions and decisions of either the EU or the Government.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance that can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26162/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy was refused permission to remain in the state at the end of May 2024.

As the applicant has subsequently filed legal proceedings in the High Court challenging this decision it would not be appropriate to comment further on ongoing legal proceedings.

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: , 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 Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.