European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018

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SI No.230 of 2018

These Regulations give effect in Irish law to Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast) (“The ReceptionConditions Directive”). Regulation 1 contains the title and commencement date of these Regulations as 30 June 2018. Regulation 2 is the interpretation provision setting out … Read More

Date:30 Jun 2018
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
In Force:Yes
Opt In:Yes
Category:Detention, Education, Employment, Refugee
Keywords:Accommodation Centre, Asylum (Application for), Child, Child (Separated), Detention, Education, Employment, Minor (Unaccompanied), Refugee, Vulnerable Person, Yes
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/230/made/en/pdf
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S.I. No.666 of 2016: International Protection Act 2015 (Places of Detention) Regulations 2016


S.I. No.666 of 2016

These Regulations prescribe the places of detention for the purposes of section 20 of the International Protection Act 2015. Schedule 1 prescribes the following designated places of detention: Castlerea Place of Detention, Central Mental Hospital Dundrum, Cloverhill Prison, Cork Prison, Limerick Prison, The Midlands Prison, Mountjoy Prisons, Saint Patrick’s Institution Dublin, The Training Unit, Glengarriff Parade, Dublin and Wheatfield Place … Read More

Date:31 Dec 2016
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:International Protection Act 2015
In Force:Yes
Category:Detention
Keywords:Detention, Detention Facility
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/666/made/en/print
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S.I. No.663 of 2016: International Protection Act 2015 (Commencement) (No.3) Order 2016


S.I. No.663 of 2016

This order provided that 22 December 2016 was the commencement date for the following sections of the International Protection Act 2015: section 2 (interpretation), 3 (regulations), section 15(5) (insofar as it related to prescribing a form), section 17(2) (insofar as it related to prescribing information),  section 20(1) (insofar as it related to prescribing places of detention), section 48(7) (related to … Read More

Date:22 Dec 2016
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:International Protection Act 2015
In Force:Yes
Category:International Protection
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Deportation, Detention
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/663/made/en/print
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European Union (Dublin System) (Amendment) Regulations

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SI No.140 of 2016

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These Regulations which amended the European Union (Dublin System) Regulations 2014, were aimed at improving the efficiency of the Dublin III process. Regulations 3 and 4 allowed for a person who had entered into a contract for services with the Minister for Justice and Equality to assist the Refugee Applications Commissioner in the processing of Dublin III cases. Regulation 5 … Read More

Date:18 Mar 2016
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
In Force:Yes
Category:Detention
Keywords:Absconding (Risk of), Asylum Seeker (Secondary Movement of), Detention, Dublin Regulation, Ireland, Yes
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/140/made/en/print
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S.I. No. 134 of 2016: Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016


S.I. No. 134 of 2016

These Regulations came into force on 10 March 2016. The Regulations amended Regulation  5 of the Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No.55 of 2005) by substituting “section 5(3)” for “section 5(1)”. The Regulations also inserted a new Regulation 7 into the 2005 Regulations, to provide that a person who has been arrested under section 5(1) or (2) of … Read More

Date:10 Mar 2016
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Immigration Act 1999; Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) Regulations 2005
In Force:Yes
Category:Deportation, Detention
Keywords:Absconding, Deportation, Detention, Return
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/134/made/en/print
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S.I. No. 133 of 2016: International Protection Act 2015 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2016


S.I. No. 133 of 2016

This commencement was issued on 9 March 2016. This order commenced sections 78, 80 and 81 of the International Protection Act 2015. Sections 78 and 80 concern the power to arrest and detain for the purposes of deportation, while section 81 provides for the refusal of leave to land to non-nationals who have been in another country in the Common … Read More

Date:09 Mar 2016
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:International Protection Act 2015; Immigration Act 1999; Immigration Act 2003; Immigration Act 2004
In Force:Yes
Category:Deportation, Detention
Keywords:Absconding, Deportation, Detention, Entry (Refusal of), Immigration, Return
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2016/si/133/made/en/print
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S.I. No. 518 of 2006: European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006

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This Order was made for the purpose of giving effect in Irish law to the Directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (Directive 2004/83/EC: “the Qualification Directive”).

Date:09 Oct 2006
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Qualification Directive
In Force:Yes
Category:Refugee
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum Seeker, Asylum Shopping, Child, Child (Separated), Common Basic Principles, Common European Asylum System (CEAS), Country of Origin, Country of Origin Information, Detention, Exclusion Clauses, Persecution, Persecution (Actors of), Persecution (Acts of), Persecution (Group), Protection (Actors of), Protection (International), Protection (Person Eligible for Subsidiary), Protection (Subsidiary), Protection Status (Subsidiary), Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law, Refugee Status, Refugee Status (Group Determination of), Refugee Status (Withdrawal of), Refugee sur place, Stateless Person
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S.I. No. 55 of 2005: Immigration Act 1999 (Deportation) Regulations

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This Order was made for the purpose of updating the list of prescribed places of detention forthe purpose of section 5(1) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) by the removal of the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, from that list.

Date:03 Feb 2005
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
In Force:Yes
Category:Detention
Keywords:Detention, Detention Facility, Illegal Stay, Immigration, Immigration (Illegal)
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S.I. No 56 of 2005: Immigration Act 2003 (Removal Places of Detention) Regulations

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This Order was made for the purpose of updating the list of prescribed places of detention for the purpose of section 5(2)(a) of the Immigration Act 2003 by the removal of the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, from that list.

Date:03 Feb 2005
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Immigration Act 2003
In Force:Yes
Category:Deportation, Detention
Keywords:Deportation, Detention, Detention Facility
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Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted

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This Directive applies to all EU Member States except Denmark. The Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 30 September 2004 and came into force twenty days later. Member States were required to bring into force domestic legislation necessary to comply with the Directive by 10 October 2006. Ireland ‘opted-in’ to the Directive pursuant to Article … Read More

Date:30 Sep 2004
Legislation Type:Directive
Geographic Focus:Europe
References:European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006
In Force:Yes
Opt In:Yes
Category:Refugee
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum Seeker, Asylum Shopping, Child, Child (Separated), Common Basic Principles, Common European Asylum System (CEAS), Country of Origin, Country of Origin Information, Detention, Directive, Europe, Exclusion Clauses, Persecution, Persecution (Actors of), Persecution (Acts of), Persecution (Group), Protection (Actors of), Protection (International), Protection (Person Eligible for Subsidiary), Protection (Subsidiary), Protection Status (Subsidiary), Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law, Refugee Status, Refugee Status (Withdrawal of), Yes
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Immigration Act 2004

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Until the introduction of the Immigration Act 2004, the Aliens Act 1935 formed the basic legislation governing the entry and residence of non-Irish nationals in the State. A complicated series of judgments led to the introduction of this Act. In response to the Leontjava and Chang v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform  High Court judgment the Government quickly … Read More

Date:13 Feb 2004
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Aliens Act 1935; Leontjava v. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Chang v. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
In Force:Yes
Category:Detention, Residence, Visa
Keywords:Carrier, Detention, Entry (Illegal), Entry (Legal), Entry (Refusal of), Immigrant, Immigration, Immigration (Illegal), Migration, Residence, Residence Permit, Visa
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/act/pub/0001/print.html
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S.I. No. 444 of 2003: Immigration Act 2003 (Removal Places of Detention) Regulations

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These Regulations specify the places where a non-national being removed from the State following refusal of or failure to obtain leave to land may be detained.

Date:19 Sep 2003
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Immigration Act 2003; Immigration Act 2003 (Removal Places of Detention) Regulations 2005
In Force:Yes
Category:Deportation, Detention
Keywords:Border Control, Deportation, Detention, Detention Facility, Removal
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Immigration Act 2003

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The Immigration Act 2003 introduced carrier liability whereby a carrier can be held responsible and fined for bringing an undocumented immigrant to the State. The Act requires carriers to carry out basic checks to ensure that passengers from outside the Common Travel Area (UK, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) are in possession of valid documentation … Read More

Date:14 Jul 2003
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
In Force:Yes
Category:Deportation, Detention
Keywords:Border (External EU), Border (Internal EU), Border Area, Border Control, Border Crossing, Carrier, Deportation, Detention, Detention Facility, Removal, Return, Return (Forced)
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Immigration Act 1999

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In the case of Laurentiu v Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform [2000] the Aliens Act 1935 was found to be unconstitutional in the manner in which it gave the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the power to deport. In effect the Minister was found to be without statutory powers in relation to deportation of non-Irish nationals … Read More

Date:07 Jul 1999
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Aliens Act 1935; Refugee Act 1996; Immigration Act 1999
In Force:Yes
Category:Deportation, Detention, Refugee
Keywords:Deportation, Deportation Order, Detention, Immigrant, Refugee, Removal, Repatriation, Return, Return (Forced), Returnee
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