Delay in notifying EU Commission does not invalidate asylum appeal decision

High Court dismisses a judicial review application challenging the decision of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) on the grounds of a significant delay by the Irish State in notifying the European Commission of IPAT's designation as a competent authority under the Dublin III Regulation. The court found that the notification, although belated, was completed before IPAT's decision on the applicant's case, and therefore did not affect the validity of the decision. The court also addressed broader issues, clarifying that the delay in notification to the European Commission does not render the Dublin III Regulation inapplicable to cases where an appeal had commenced prior to the notification. The court's decision affirms the transfer of the applicant's international protection application to Sweden, as per the Dublin III Regulation hierarchy.