Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his Department’s statement that it costs an average of €122,000 per person to process an international protection application, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of that figure; the average cost of processing an application up to the point of a first-instance decision, excluding subsequent appeals and accommodation costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53774/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The indicative cost for processing a standard procedure international protection application and supporting an applicant through this process is approximately €122,000 per person.

This figure is based on 2024 applicant data, when the average processing time was 29 months to reach a second-instance decision. This comprises 18 months to first-instance decision for those in the standard procedure, with a median processing time for all cases in appeals of 11 months.

The €122,000 figure reflects the combined costs borne by the key stakeholders, including IPAS, Department of Social Protection, HSE, Department of Education, Tusla, An Garda Síochána (GNIB), Department of Justice Home and Affairs.

The estimate covers, but is not limited to, expenses such as: average costs of accommodation (including food), social protection, health care, education, international protection process cost, and international protection appeals tribunal costs.

The analysis undertaken does not allow for a detailed breakdown of costs per stage of the process.

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time to process an international protection appeal by IPAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53775/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appeal decisions issued by IPAT to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53776/25]

Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats)
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453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of appeal decisions issued by IPAT to date in 2025, the number of applicants that were granted refugee status and the number granted subsidiary protection, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53777/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 to 453, inclusive, together.

The International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) closed around 3,100 appeals in 2024, compared to over 1,700 in 2023. There has been 10,782 International Protection Appeals accepted to date in 2025 (as of 28 September).

The median processing time for all appeals determined by IPAT in 2024 was 10 months. The median processing time in 2025 for International Protection Appeals to the end of September is 12.8 months.

The table below shows the decisions that were Granted/Set Aside – Refugee Status (RS), Granted/Set Aside - Subsidiary Protection (SP) and those that were Refused/ Affirmed in 2025 to 28 September.

The Tribunal has closed a further 1,113 appeals relating Subsequent Application Appeals, Appeals for Return under Dublin III, Withdrawn appeals and Appeals on decision concerning Reception Conditions. This brings the total appeals closed to date in 2025 to 4,448.

I can assure the Deputy it is my intention to continue the investment in the end-to-end international protection process to further speed up decision making in the IPAT.