434. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have been refused temporary protection in each month to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70070/26]
Topics / Asylum Applications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAsylum Applications
56 questions from 21 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 1 |
| March 2025 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 7 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 1 |
| October 2025 | 8 |
| November 2025 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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439. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number applicants under the AMMR strand of the International Protection Act 2026; the number of appeals under AMMR; the outcomes of those appeals; the number transferred to another member State under AMMR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70062/26]
521. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the exact number of asylum applications that have been assessed as inadmissible on the basis of the UK safe third country designation since its introduction; the number of these cases that have resulted in an actual return to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52888/26]
407. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of asylum applications in the State for the years 2020 to date in 2026; and the number of applications accepted and refused for the same period, in tabular form. [46430/26]
679. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum seeker applications received from persons originating in Judea, Samara or the Gaza Strip in each year from 2016 to date. [45514/26]
680. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum applications which have been fully approved from nationals of Nigeria or the Congo in each year from 2016 to date. [45517/26]
1362. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum applications made at the immigration office in Dublin city centre compared with those at the airports and seaports in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/26]
2123. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of an asylum application for a person (details supplied); if he will raise this with his European colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/26]
768. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders currently unenforced, and the reasons; the length of time people typically remain after a final decision; the actions to decrease the number of appeals, while still protecting due process. [14591/26]
780. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of the HAP25 Afghan Community Sponsorship Programme; whether the 50 places approved for Afghans in need of protection in 2026 have now been opened for applications; the reason for the delay; when the programme will formally open for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14838/26]
221. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have sought asylum in the State which have subsequently moved North or to Britain for each of the past five years. [10611/26]
222. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who came into the State seeking asylum from the North of Ireland for each of the past five years. [10612/26]
223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons on expired visas who have sought asylum in the State for the past five years, by visa category. [10613/26]
225. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have failed the asylum process at each step for each of the past five years. [10616/26]
231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland who have applied for asylum in other EU countries or in Britain previously, for each of the past five years; the number of non-EU nationals which have come here and applied for asylum in another country previously for each of the past five years; the countries in which they first apply…
343. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which his Department ensures that there is consistency in decision making in applications for asylum in Ireland. [7163/26]
344. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the training and education which is provided to those engaged in decisions on international protection and asylum seeking regarding the countries of origin of those seeking protection. [7164/26]
122. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider exercising his discretionary powers to grant leave to remain to an asylum applicant (details supplied) on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/26]
175. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who applied for asylum or refugee status in Ireland in 2025; the country of origin of the applicants; the location where the applicant first presented for asylum; the number of those applicants that have had their pre-appeal application fully determined in 2025; and the number of those applications where the appl…
450. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to an asylum application (details supplied); if the experiences outlined in the application can be assessed; if his attention has been drawn to the support from their school and wider community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5140/26]
451. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to an asylum application (details supplied); if the experiences outlined in the application can be assessed; if his attention has been drawn to the support from their school and wider community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5141/26]
1648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, prior to the Government’s decision for Ireland to opt into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, his Department carried out or commissioned any Ireland-specific impact assessment, modelling, or analysis examining the likely effects of participation in the Pact’s solidarity mechanism on the number of international protection appli…
669. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those who entered the State as international students who have applied for asylum in 2025 and in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69785/25]
398. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will support legislation to summarily dismiss any application for asylum received from persons who had arrived in Ireland via the United Kingdom, or to prohibit any such individuals from submitting an application, since by definition they are in breach of the Dublin Convention and are not entitled to asylum in Ireland; and i…
783. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application for asylum for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61857/25]