Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Department of Justice and Equality
Judicial Reviews
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial reviews taken against decisions of the International Protection Office or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in the years 2019 to date, by year and by outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14027/25]
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I can assure the Deputy that I am fully committed to ensuring that Ireland’s International Protection system is robust and rules based, and that our borders are protected.
In 2024 the International Protection Office (IPO) delivered over 14,000 first-instance decisions compared to over 8,500 in 2023, while the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) closed around 3,100 appeals in 2024 compared to over 1,700 in 2023.
I intend to further invest in the immigration system to support an ambitious target in the IPO of 25,000 first-instance decisions this year. The IPAT also aims to increase the number of appeals completed over the course of 2025 with recruitment of Tribunal Members to increase its decision making capacity currently taking place.
The table below details data on IPO judicial reviews received since 2019, the number finalised and a breakdown of the number finalised:
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of IPO JRs Received | 93 | 125 | 32 | 35 | 61 | 83 | 33 |
| Number finalised | 73 | 104 | 30 | 26 | 45 | 18 | 9 |
| Breakdown of number finalised: | |||||||
| Struck out cost to applicant | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| Struck out cost to respondent | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Struck out no order | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Withdrawn | 8 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Settled | 32 | 45 | 13 | 21 | 29 | 12 | 4 |
| Case Lost | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Case Won | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Leave refused | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Leave set aside | 1 | ||||||
| Case Moot | 1 | ||||||
| Case dismissed | 1 |
The table below details data on IPAT judicial reviews received since 2019, the number finalised and a breakdown of the number finalised:
| Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of IPAT Cases received | 117 | 126 | 59 | 42 | 157 | 200 | 66 |
| Number finalised | 110 | 123 | 57 | 40 | 108 | 54 | 31 |
| Breakdown of number finalised: | |||||||
| Struck Out cost to applicant | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Struck out cost to respondent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Struck out no order | 10 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Withdrawn | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Settled | 39 | 38 | 20 | 26 | 87 | 36 | 19 |
| Case lost | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Case won | 2 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |
| Leave refused | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Leave granted | 12 | 14 | 3 | ||||
| Leave set aside | 1 | ||||||
| Case moot | |||||||
| Case dismissed | 1 |
All figures shown are correct at time of issue and may be subject to data cleansing.
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