587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a formal review of the electricity and natural gas allowance will be completed in advance of Budget 2027, and if he will provide a defined timeline and scope for that review. [33028/26]
649. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has received any briefing from An Garda Síochána concerning the policing of the recent Whitegate refinery protests in County Cork, including public safety planning, use of force, deployment scale and inter-agency coordination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32752/26]
650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost, if available to his Department, of the Garda policing operation associated with the recent Whitegate refinery protests in County Cork, including overtime, transport, logistics, catering, subsistence and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32757/26]
651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has requested or received any post-operation assessment from An Garda Síochána concerning the policing of the recent Whitegate refinery protests, including the adequacy of planning, medical preparedness, proportionality of enforcement action and use of force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32769/…
656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department will request the Legal Aid Board to develop a methodology to estimate the full cost of legal aid services provided to international protection applicants, including pay, law centre overheads, administrative costs, private practitioner costs, counsel fees, interpretation, translation, medical reports and related s…
657. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Legal Aid Board records the outcome of international protection cases in which it provides legal assistance, including grants of protection, refusals, appeals lodged, appeals allowed, appeals withdrawn and appeals refused; if not, whether he considers this a data gap in the oversight of publicly funded legal services; and i…
658. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has asked the Legal Aid Board to record legal aid expenditure in international protection cases by stage, including initial application, interview preparation, written representations, appeal preparation and appeal hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32907/26]
659. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any target, benchmark or performance indicator exists for the cost per completed international protection legal aid case; if not, whether he intends to introduce one through the Legal Aid Board performance delivery agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32908/26]
660. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Legal Aid Board’s internal audit programme since 2019 has examined international protection legal aid expenditure specifically; if so, to provide the title and date of each audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32909/26]
661. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will request the Legal Aid Board to undertake a dedicated value-for-money review of legal aid expenditure relating to international protection applicants, having regard to the increase in expenditure since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32910/26]
662. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the 2026 Performance Delivery Agreement with the Legal Aid Board includes any specific performance indicators relating to international protection legal aid costs, case throughput, waiting times, appeal-stage expenditure or outcome tracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32911/26]
663. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any forecasting model is used by his Department or the Legal Aid Board to estimate future demand and expenditure for international protection legal aid services; if so, to outline the assumptions used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32912/26]
664. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he intends to bring forward a timeline for implementing the recommendations of the Civil Legal Aid Review Group, including recommendations relating to tribunal-based matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32914/26]
665. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether legal representation in housing-related disputes, including disputes before the Residential Tenancies Board, is being considered as part of reform of the civil legal aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32915/26]
666. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has estimated the cost of extending civil legal aid to additional tribunal-based matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32916/26]
667. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of stay in IPAS accommodation for persons whose international protection application was finalised in each year from 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32917/26]
668. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently in IPAS accommodation whose application is at first-instance stage, appeal stage, permission-to-remain stage, deportation-order stage, or post-decision transition stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32918/26]
669. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS contracts currently above the average nightly contracted rate of €71; the number below that rate; and if he will provide the range of nightly rates currently paid, without identifying commercially sensitive providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32919/26]
670. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the projected savings of over €83 million from the IPAS rate card model are cash savings already realised, annualised projected savings, or avoided future expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32920/26]
671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the figure of over €83 million in projected savings and the separate figure of over €90 million in savings from the IPAS rate card model refer to the same calculation; and if he will reconcile both figures. [32921/26]
672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for appeals before the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each year from 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32923/26]
673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected number of cases on hand at the International Protection Appeals Tribunal at the end of 2026, 2027 and 2028 under current staffing and productivity assumptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32924/26]
674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has estimated the accommodation cost attributable to delays at appeal stage in the international protection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32925/26]
675. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average number of IPAT appeals completed per whole-time equivalent Tribunal member in each year from 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32926/26]
676. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of persons currently recorded as subject to an active deportation order and whose departure from the State has not been confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32927/26]