The firm has been told that the number of applicants for international protection arriving in Ireland from so-called safe countries has fallen by 70% since November, reports RTE.
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee told her colleagues that the sharp decline was due to the introduction of new processes over the past year.
Safe countries of origin are countries where it can be demonstrated that persecution, torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or the threat of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict, does not generally exist and systematically.
The countries are Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Georgia; Kosovo; Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic); Montenegro; Serbian; and South Africa.
Minister McEntee shared the details as part of a memo to the government to modernize the International Protection Office.
The IPO is already reaching 750 decisions per month, and the goal is to increase this number even further, reports RTE.
Membership of the IPO has increased significantly due to funding increases agreed in the last budget.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Local Government Minister Darragh O’Brien have jointly asked the Cabinet for Ireland’s agreement to join other states in demanding a ‘precautionary pause’ in deep sea mining on the international seabed, reports RTE.
A growing number of countries, including EU partners, are calling for a ‘cautious pause’ on deep sea mining on the international seabed to better understand the impact of deep sea mining on the marine environment and biodiversity.
Ireland will send a delegation to the ISA’s annual meeting in July, and it is proposed beforehand that the government announce its support for a “precautionary pause”.
So far, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Federated States of Micronesia, Finland, Fiji, France, Germany, Federated States of Micronesia, Monaco and New Zealand have called for some form of precautionary pause in the ocean floors. mining. Palau, Panama, Portugal, Spain, Vanuatu and the European Commission.
The figure of 31,000 corresponds to building permits granted conditionally by the minister, but it is not known how many houses or townhouses have been started or completed.
In May 2021, the minister issued a circular under article 28 of the town planning and development law, specifying that “fundamentally bans bulk sales for houses and duplexes for all new applications”, reports RTE.
Under a plan presented to Cabinet by Environment Secretary Eamon Ryan and Business Secretary Simon Coveney, companies will be offered grants of up to €162,500 to install solar panels on roofs.
The stated purpose of the memo is to significantly improve and expand the range of support options for installing solar systems for businesses and to promote the so-called “the solar revolution”, reports RTE.
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