Below are some useful links to government and other relevant agencies.
Governmental agencies
- Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS)
- Department of Justice and Equality
- International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT)
- Reception and Integration Agency (RIA)
- Legal Aid Board (includes Refugee Legal Service [RLS])
- Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration
- Government of Ireland (Information on the Irish State)
- StatCentral.ie (Portal to Ireland's Official Statistics)
Other relevant agencies
Organisations which are members of the IPO Customer Service Liaison Panel
- Africa Centre
- AkiDwA
- Clare Immigrant Support Centre
- Crosscare Refugee Service
- Doras Luimni
- Immigrant Council of Ireland
- Irish Refugee Council
- Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland
- NASC (Irish Immigrant Support Centre)
- Spirasi
- The Centre for the Care of Survivors of Torture (CCST)
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC)
On the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015 on 31 December 2016, the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) was abolished and responsibility for the investigation of applications for international protection has been transferred to a the International Protection Office (IPO) within the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service.
