Carol Nolan (Offaly, Independent)
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902. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the current national policy in relation to family reunification for those granted asylum; the degree of familial relationship to which the policy applies; the number of individuals who have come to Ireland following the granting of such applications from 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24326/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Family reunification as provided for in Section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015, allows people granted International Protection status to apply for certain family members to join them in the State.

An application for family reunification must be made by the sponsor within 12 months of them being granted an International Protection permission, and is subject to the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015.

The 2015 Act defines “member of the family” as:

(a) where the sponsor is married, his or her spouse (provided that the marriage is subsisting on the date the sponsor made an application for international protection in the State),

(b) where the sponsor is a civil partner, his or her civil partner (provided that the civil partnership is subsisting on the date the sponsor made an application for international protection in the State),

(c) where the sponsor is, on the date of the application under subsection (1) under the age of 18 years and is not married, his or her parents and their children who, on the date of the application under subsection (1), are under the age of 18 years and are not married, or

(d) a child of the sponsor who, on the date of the application under subsection (1), is under the age of 18 years and is not married.

Full information on the policy is available on my Department's website here: www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-join-family-in-ireland/family-reunification-of-international-protection-holders/

The table below provides the number of people approved for Family Reunification under Section 56 of the 2015 Act from 2019, up to 07 May 2025.