What RIA Does Not Do

• RIA is not directly responsible for the delivery of services such as health, education and welfare to asylum seekers and refugees. Direct responsibility for the provision of these services rests with the health, education and social protection authorities.
• RIA has no role in the initial asylum application process or in the appeal process.
• RIA has no involvement in decisions made by the International Protection Office or the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) on applications for asylum.
• RIA has no role in the deportation of failed asylum seekers.
• RIA has no integration function. This was assigned to the Integration Unit of the Office of the Minister for Integration (now the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration), in July 2007.
• RIA has no role in the provision of legal services for asylum seekers 
• In the interest of privacy and security, RIA does not reveal the details of individual asylum seekers resident in its accommodation centres.
• RIA is not responsible for accommodating unaccompanied minors. This is a matter for the TUSLA ( Child and Family Agency ) in line with the provisions of the Child Care (Amendment) Act, 2015 and the International Protection Act, 2015 (as amended).