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Intent: Change in the criteria for the pilot service; information on how an application for the service that has been turned down can be appealed.
Details: Email to Richard Dixon regarding the procurement of the child representative service
Intent: The purpose of the meeting was to discuss changes to the International Protection Process following implementation of the EU Pact and commencement of the International Protection Act 2026.
Details: In August 2026, JRS Ireland hosted a meeting with the Chief International Protection Officer.
Intent: To address the standards in IPAS and the implementation the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum including the need for representative service for separated children.
Details: Standards in IPAS and Implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
Intent: Call for an Independent evaluation of 6 month pilot of representative service and for a more appropriate child centered organisation to provide the service.
Details: New representative service for unaccompanied children
Intent: Information exchange. Information on the transition to implementing the International Protection Bill 2026Clarity around the process of having to complete a questionairre at the International Protection Office and improvements to this process. Information and update on the process of age assessment and whether the IPO is undertaking this.
Details: Meeting with the Chief International Protection Officer, Richard Dixon
Intent: The intended result was a contribution to efforts to promote integration and encounter and to build an open, inclusive and dynamic Irish society in which all who reside in the country are valued and treated equally, irrespective of their colour, creed or culture.
Details: In January 2026, JRS Ireland issued a copy of the 2026 JRS Ireland Intercultural and Interfaith Calendar to a number of relevant designated public officials and raised serious concerns about increasing polarisation around migration and asylum issues in Ireland.
Intent: JRS Ireland was seeking clarity regarding any new processes that may be applied to age-disputed-minors, as it has a long standing engagement with State agencies on ensuring appropriate procedural safeguards are in place in the age assessment of age-disputed-minors.
Details: In December 2025, JRS Ireland contacted the International Protection Office to seek clarification regarding age assessments procedures for age-disputed-minors.
Intent: Ending of homelessness of international protection applicants. In particular the policy that people must sleep rough to demonstrate eligbility and need for accommodation.
Details: Letter to Minister for Justice about unaccommodated international protection applicants.
Intent: Prioritisation of applications from people from Gaza.
Details: Email to Richard Dixon regarding the International Protection Office's policy towards people from Gaza.
Intent: Raise concerns relating to payment for training, non-payment for work completed, delays in being paid for work carried out and a contractual restraint of trade clause imposed on our members.
Details: IPO Case Processing Panel and
