Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I understand the Deputy has clarified that his question relates to those granted Permission to Remain under the International Protection Act 2015.

It is a central priority for me that our international protection and immigration systems are robust and enforced.

If the International Protection Office recommends that a person is not entitled to either refugee status or subsidiary protection, the Minister will then consider whether or not to give permission to remain.

The International Protection Act sets out what the Minister should consider when making a decision to grant or refuse permission to remain:

• The nature of a person’s connection to Ireland
• Humanitarian considerations
• A person’s character and conduct both in Ireland and abroad, including criminal convictions
• National security and public order
• Any other considerations of the common good

The Minister must also consider if there is a risk that returning a person to another country could lead them to suffer harm. In particular, it will be considered whether a person is at risk of torture, degrading treatment or of facing the death penalty. The information given during an application for international protection serves as the basis for the decision.

The table below details applicants with a current final outcome on their International Protection application of Permission to Remain Grant either at 1st Instance or at Permission to Remain Review stage from 2020 to 30 June 2025.

* Up to 30/06/2025

The higher proportion of cases granted permission to remain in 2022 reflects the impact of the International Protection strand of the regularisation arrangements introduced in parallel with the general undocumented scheme as well as the impact of the Covid pandemic and the resulting moratorium on removals.

Year	Murder Attempt/Threat
2015	241
2016	276
2017	307
2018	404
2019	464
2020	701
2021	739
2022	711
2023	494
2024	592

The below table details the nationality of people granted Permission to Remain.

Nationality**	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025*
Afghanistan	≤5	0	0	0	8	≤5
Albania	19	101	316	89	43	6
Algeria	8	32	82	45	48	6
Angola	≤5	6	15	8	7	0
Armenia	0	≤5	≤5	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Bangladesh	13	61	102	34	12	9
Belarus	0	≤5	0	≤5	0	≤5
Belize	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Benin	≤5	0	≤5	0	0	0
Bolivia	≤5	≤5	19	≤5	≤5	≤5
Botswana	≤5	11	35	17	14	6
Brazil	≤5	47	100	9	7	≤5
British Overseas Citizens (etc)	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Burundi	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Cameroon	6	≤5	6	≤5	0	0
Canada	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Chad	0	0	0	0	≤5	0
Chile	0	≤5	0	0	0	0
China (Including Hong Kong)	≤5	9	13	9	≤5	0
Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	≤5
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	7	31	59	36	15	15
Congo, The Republic Of The	≤5	≤5	≤5	0	0	0
Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	≤5	0
Cote D'Ivoire	≤5	0	≤5	0	0	0
Cuba	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Djibouti	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Dominican Republic	≤5	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt	≤5	13	17	11	≤5	≤5
El Salvador	0	0	0	≤5	≤5	0
Ethiopia	≤5	0	0	≤5	0	0
Gambia	≤5	0	≤5	≤5	0	0
Georgia	7	52	396	191	65	31
Ghana	6	18	35	11	3	3
Guatemala	≤5	≤5	0	0	0	0
Guinea	0	0	≤5	≤5	0	0
Guyana	0	≤5	≤5	0	0	0
India	≤5	41	25	8	≤5	≤5
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	≤5	0
Iran (Islamic Republic Of)	0	≤5	≤5	0	0	0
Iraq	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	0
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamaica	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Jordan	≤5	0	≤5	≤5	≤5	8
Kenya	≤5	7	≤5	0	7	0
Korea, Republic Of (South Korea)	0	≤5	0	0	0	0
Kosovo / UNSCR 1244	0	12	25	8	6	≤5
Kuwait	0	≤5	≤5	≤5	0	0
Lebanon	0	≤5	0	≤5	0	≤5
Lesotho	0	≤5	0	≤5	0	0
Liberia	0	0	0	0	≤5	0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi	16	60	66	34	6	3
Malaysia	≤5	6	≤5	7	0	≤5
Mali	0	0	≤5	≤5	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Mauritius	≤5	8	12	≤5	≤5	0
Mexico	0	0	≤5	0	≤5	≤5
Moldova, Republic Of	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Mongolia	≤5	8	≤5	0	0	≤5
Morocco	≤5	≤5	21	12	≤5	≤5
Mozambique	0	≤5	0	0	0	0
Namibia	0	≤5	≤5	0	0	0
Nepal	≤5	≤5	11	≤5	≤5	≤5
Nicaragua	0	≤5	0	0	≤5	≤5
Nigeria	66	185	435	137	99	48
Pakistan	24	140	256	82	19	≤5
Palestinian Territory, Occupied	0	0	6	0	0	≤5
Paraguay	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Peru	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Philippines	0	≤5	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5
Rwanda	0	≤5	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal	≤5	0	≤5	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	≤5	≤5	14	≤5	≤5	0
Somalia	0	0	0	≤5	11	≤5
South Africa	28	47	342	95	35	16
South Sudan	0	≤5	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	6	≤5	≤5	0
Stateless	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swaziland	0	7	≤5	6	0	≤5
Syrian Arab Republic	0	0	≤5	≤5	0	0
Taiwan	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Tanzania, United Republic Of	0	≤5	≤5	≤5	0	0
Togo	0	≤5	≤5	7	≤5	0
Trinidad And Tobago	≤5	≤5	0	≤5	0	0
Tunisia	0	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	0
Türkiye	0	0	≤5	0	0	0
Uganda	0	6	15	≤5	≤5	≤5
Ukraine	≤5	10	0	≤5	≤5	0
United States Of America	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	≤5	0
Uzbekistan	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Venezuela	6	≤5	17	≤5	≤5	0
Vietnam	0	6	15	≤5	≤5	0
Western Sahara	0	0	0	≤5	0	0
Zambia	≤5	≤5	≤5	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	47	154	294	80	32	14

* Up to 30/06/2025

**Please note the data in these tables is valid as at 18th July 2025 and is the applicants' current final decision. Changes may occur due to data cleansing, permission revoked and if applicant appeals and a further final decision is made.

For more information on the International Protection system please see the following link: www.ipo.gov.ie/en/IPO/Pages/Assessment_of_Application