Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring a temporary travel document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33623/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is unable to publish any information that would identify any person as being an international protection applicant. This is a separate matter to the law dealing with data protection matters more generally.

Additionally, I can assure you that it is a priority to have recommendations made on all international protection applications as soon as possible. This gives status to those who are entitled to international protection to rebuild their lives here, while also ensuring faster decision making in respect of those who do not meet the criteria.

It is my intention to continue to ramp up investment in the end-to-end international protection process to speed up decision making. This will support reaching key targets, including making 25,000 decisions in the IPO in 2025 and to increase the number of appeals at the IPAT completed over the course of 2025.

To be helpful to the Deputy I have detailed general information on travel for international protection applicants below:

Section 16 of the International Protection Act 2015 deals with permission to enter and remain in the State in the context of international protection applicants. Section 16(3)(a) provides that an applicant, as defined in section 2(1) of the same Act, shall not leave, or attempt to leave, the State without the consent of the Minister.

The practical and operational manifestation of that provision is that a person in the international protection process can request the consent of the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to leave the State for a specified reason and for a specified period. Such requests, suitably documented, can be conveyed by email to

It is important to note that any international protection applicant who obtains ministerial consent to leave the State will also be required to satisfy the immigration requirements of the country of destination before they can make concrete plans to leave the State.