Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when an application for citizenship/regularisation of residency might be entertained in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37267/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that the persons referred to were granted Temporary Protection on 05 April 2022.

I can advise that 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. In June 2024, the Council of the European Union extended the Temporary Protection Directive until March 2026.

My Department has begun a project to issue Irish Resident Permit (IRP) cards to beneficiaries of TP in a phased manner.

The majority of those who presented for Temporary Protection have had their permission registered and have been issued with IRP cards. This either happened on the day they presented to claim Temporary Protection or they returned to Citywest by appointment to complete the registration process.

Any Beneficiary of Temporary Protection who has yet to be registered and yet to receive an IRP Card should contact tpregistration@justice.ie and one of our Team will be in touch to make the necessary arrangements for them to attend Citywest for registration. My Department is taking all necessary steps to ensure that the registration process will be as simple and stress-free as possible.

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: IMoireachtasmail@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 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.