International Protection Act 2026
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Reduction or withdrawal of material reception conditions | ||
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86. (1) Where duly justified and proportionate, the Minister may— | ||
(a) where one or more of the circumstances specified in subsection (3) exists, reduce an applicant’s material reception benefits, or | ||
(b) where one or more of the circumstances specified in paragraph (f) or (g) of subsection (3) exists, withdraw the applicant’s material reception benefits. | ||
(2) The Minister for Social Protection may, where one or more of the circumstances specified in subsection (3) exists, reduce or withdraw an applicant’s daily expenses allowance. | ||
(3) The circumstances referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are the following: | ||
(a) the applicant abandons the specified place at which he or she was required to reside in accordance with section 102 without permission under section 110 ; | ||
(b) the applicant absconds; | ||
(c) the applicant does not cooperate with the Minister, the Determining Authority, the Tribunal or An Garda Síochána or does not comply with a procedural requirement established by this Act or EU acts; | ||
(d) the applicant has lodged a subsequent application; | ||
(e) the applicant has concealed financial resources, and has therefore unduly benefited from material reception conditions; | ||
(f) the applicant has seriously or repeatedly breached the house rules made under section 83 of the accommodation allocated to the applicant; | ||
(g) the applicant has behaved in a violent or threatening manner in the accommodation allocated to the applicant. | ||
(4) The procedural requirements referred to in subsection (3)(c) include the following: | ||
(a) a requirement to provide biometric data under section 15 ; | ||
(b) an obligation to travel to a screening centre under section 22 ; | ||
(c) a requirement to reside in a specified place under section 102 ; | ||
(d) a requirement to report to competent authorities under section 103 ; | ||
(e) a requirement under section 113 ; | ||
(f) a requirement related to the applicant’s detention under section 118 . | ||
(5) The Minister shall ensure that an applicant’s material reception conditions are not reduced or withdrawn other than pursuant to this section or otherwise under this Act. | ||
(6) The Minister for Social Protection shall ensure that an applicant’s daily expenses allowance is not reduced or withdrawn other than in accordance with this section or another enactment. |