Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 October 2025
451. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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]
View answer452. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of appeal decisions issued by IPAT to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53776/25]
View answer453. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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]
View answerI 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.
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Issued 01/01/25 to 28/09/2025 |
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Granted/Set Aside – Refugee Status (RS) |
884 |
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Granted/Set Aside - Subsidiary Protection (SP) |
87 |
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Refused/Affirmed – RS and SP |
2,363 |
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Grand Total |
3,334 |
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has closed a further 1,113 appeals relating Subsequent Application Appeals, Appeals for Return under Dublin III, Withdrawn appeals and Appeals on decision concerning Reception Conditions.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.
