On 1st July, my Department introduced the first phase of a gradual transition to a new accelerated, end-to-end process for applicants entering the international protection system in Ireland. This new accelerated process mirrors elements of the future border procedure and screening required by the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum while still adhering to the existing International Protection Act 2015.
The new process is designed to enable testing of new border procedure timelines that will be required as part of the EU Pact requirements in June 2026. The border procedure allows 12 weeks to first and second-instance decisions and a further 12 weeks to return for those who receive negative decisions.
During the first phase of transition an accelerated procedure for first and second instance decisions was introduced for applicants from designated three safe countries of origin; Georgia, Brazil and India.
Between July 1 and 30 September, 367 applications were received under this initiative. This has resulted in a total of 166 first-instance decisions.
There were 104 appeals received and 60 appeal decisions made.
Final decisions have led to 26 deportation orders being signed and three people have opted to voluntarily return.
My Department does not provide detailed statistics on international protection grant and refusal rates by nationality.
The table below shows the total grants and refusals issued between July 1st and September 30th for those dealt with through the new accelerated end to end process.
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First Instance Decision Grant
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First Instance Decision Refused
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Appeals
received
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Appeal Grant/Set Aside
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Appeal Refused/Affirmed
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28
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138
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104
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8
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52
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