The International Protection Office, which is responsible for recommending whether an asylum seeker should be granted refugee status, has stopped issuing recommendations due to the impact of Covid-19 restrictions, RTÉ News has learned.

Figures obtained from the Department of Justice show there are around 5,680 people with a live application for asylum status.

In 2019, the IPO issued an average of 285 first instance recommendations a month. A total of 4,781 applications were made last year.

A first instance recommendation is where the IPO makes a decision on an application on whether the person can remain in Ireland as a refugee or whether their application has been refused.

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