Depriving applicants of legal advice in bid to accelerate process ‘may be counterproductive’, lawyers warn
Both lawyers were speaking to The Irish Times after Minister for Justice Simon Harris said at the weekend that the Government would accelerate the international protection decision-making process.
The figures showed 45 staff were assigned last year to the repatriation office, which deals with issuing deportation orders, compared with 58 in 2019. The figures show that 14,849 cases are awaiting processing by the International Protection Office with most decided within three years. Applicants have been required since November to complete in English, on the day of arrival and without the benefit of legal advice, a preliminary interview and international protection questionnaire. Previously they had a number of weeks to compile their applications during which they could seek legal advice.
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