80.1 Ensure an appropriate number of temporary Coroners in the Dublin district for 2024

Goal 3

Delivering a fair immigration system

Goal 3: Delivering a fair immigration system

Inward migration is not only beneficial for Ireland’s continued socio-economic wellbeing, it is essential, given the demographic challenges that the country is increasingly facing with an ageing population. Migrants work in many vital sectors of the labour market - from specialist skills in IT and pharmaceuticals, through to housing construction, health and social care and contributes to social provision as well as support Ireland’s economic growth.

The State also has a paramount duty to protect its borders from those who may cause harm, and to ensure that all those arriving at our borders are legally entitled to enter Ireland. This is a fundamental exercise of state sovereignty. This work is undertaken in a rules-based manner that fully respects the human rights of all concerned and fully upholds Ireland’s Constitution and international legal obligations.

a tender for a new charter plane to remove unsuccessful international protection applicants, and completing a review of airline fines.

The Department will continue to take all necessary steps in line with Government policy to manage the international protection process efficiently, effectively and humanely, while ensuring the integrity of the immigration system is maintained at all times.

Humanitarian crises can have a major impact on our international protection system. Faster decision making is essential and ensures that those who have a right to international protection receive that status as quickly as possible, while those who are found not to have a right return to their country of origin. We are continuing to prioritise the ramping up of capacity at every stage of the international protection system. Important actions this year include a further review of safe countries, an expansion of accelerated processing, strengthening and investing in the removal process, completing

Our country is also enriched by the people who have chosen to come here to build better lives for themselves and their families or who are fleeing conflict or persecution.

Over the lifetime of this strategy a new whole-of-Government strategic migration policy will be developed which will be proactive in identifying the skills and labour Ireland needs to thrive in the decades ahead. This will ensure that Ireland can maintain and enhance both its economic competitiveness and social cohesion.

Objectives

Digital first delivery of immigration and International Protection Services

Immigration customers supported and have their rights upheld

Responding humanely to humanitarian crises

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Work with other Departments to develop a strategic migration policy which proactively meets the needs of society and the economy

Modern border control systems, which support legal immigration and prevent irregular immigration

Immigration and protection decisions delivered in a timely manner

Increased Immigration customer satisfaction

Safe and effective border controls maintained

Outcomes

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Quicker and consistently high quality decisions

Modernised, digitalised immigration service delivery

Inward migration strengthening the Irish economy and society.

OBJECTIVES & 2024 ACTIONS		ACTION OWNER	DELIVERY DATE
Objectvi e - Digital fri st delivery of immigratoi n and Internatoi nal Protectoi n Services
81 Continue the implementation of the ISD modernisation strategy		ISD	Ongoing
81.1	Review and redesign processes in Immigration Services to improve the speed and quality of service delivery	ISD	Ongoing
81.2	Collaborate with colleagues to introduce both a robust, digital and automated customer service function and a technology platof rm on which to manage immigration services going forward	ISD	Ongoing
82 Implement change strategy for modernisation programme		ISD	Q4
Objectvi e - Immigratoi n and protectoi n decisions delivered in a tmi ely manner
83 Maintain the 25% increase in processing achieved in key ISD functions in 2023. IPO to increase outputs by over 50% in 2024; EU Treaty Rights: Deliver decisions on 80% of all non-complex first instance applications within 5 months of receipt of application: and Citizenship to maintain the processing rates achieved in 2023		ISD	Ongoing
84 Implement actions to ensure a fair and balanced rules based International Protection system		ISD	Ongoing
84.1	Ensure accelerated/priority International Protection cases receive a first instance decision within 3 months	ISD	Ongoing
84.2	Expand and enhance the quality assurance process for the IPO, including International Protection decisions	ISD	Ongoing
84.3	Continue to increase the number of removal, voluntary return and deportations of those who no longer have a right to be here	ISD	Ongoing
84.4	Streamline case processing and transfer/removal protocols to make efef ctive use of the Dublin Convention and inadmissible returns legislation	ISD	Ongoing
84.5	Complete review of safe countries	Civil Policy	Q1.Q3
84.6	Assess the impact of accelerated processing and continue to assess further categories for inclusion	ISD	Ongoing
84.7	Secure Additional Resources to support IPO process improvements	Corporate	Ongoing
84.8	Consider the introduction of further visa restrictions on countries which have high number of IP applications	ISD	Ongoing