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Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1529. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Palestinian nationals granted international protection in Ireland in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of Palestinian nationals refused international protection in these years; and the number of Palestinian nationals currently awaiting a decision on their international protection application, to date in 2025, i…
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1530. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian nationals that have been granted temporary protection or international protection in Ireland in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number that were refused; and the number currently awaiting a decision on their application for protection, in tabular form. [45292/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1531. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the role and powers regarding horses of animal health and welfare liaison inspectors nominated in Garda divisions; if specific statistics are recorded for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1532. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of stay of residents in direct provision centres. [45302/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1533. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and location of all direct provision centres currently in operation. [45303/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1534. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of the exploitation of children through financial extortion schemes involving social media-linked payment services, and the use of unverified age and guardianship claims by perpetrators to circumvent anti-money laundering and child protection frameworks, the role his the Department is playing in ensuring enforcement of age …
Sean Fleming Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1535. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the number of people that are still in IPAS centres having been refused permission to remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45317/25]
Sean Fleming Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1536. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the number of people that have been given permission to remain in the State but are still residing in IPAS Centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45318/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1537. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45339/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of incidents recorded at facilities from 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, by month, as logged by An Garda Síochána on the PULSE system and by his Department or its contractors in incident reports categorised by incidents (details supplied) by month, in tabular form. [45341/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the number of incidents at facilities (details supplied); the number of Garda call-outs; the number of incidents resulting in arrests, charges; files submitted to the DPP; and the status of prosecutions including outcomes where available for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, in tabular form. [45342/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of victims by cohort that were recorded, including residents, staff or contractors, members of the public, and members of An Garda Síochána, with confirmation of any recorded injuries at facilities (details supplied); the number of exclusion orders, evictions from the facilities, or transfer decisions arising from serious m…
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the policing and overtime costs attributable to facilities for the period 1 January to 31 August 2025, including the deployment of public order units; the total cost to his Department for security provision at the facilities; and the cost of contracted on-site security or supplementary security personnel (details supplied). [45345/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm whether his Department's official figures for incidents at facilities (details supplied) in the period 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, match figures reported in public discourse; the reason for any variance including definitional or classification differences. [45346/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1543. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his position on the proposed EU Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse, commonly referred to as “Chat Control”. [45379/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1544. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of the current membership of An Garda Síochána who will be eligible to retire by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45381/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1545. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications to join An Garda Síochána as part of each recruitment campaign in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45382/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1546. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who attested in each year since 1995, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45383/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1547. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of delays to the processing of a specific visa type via an embassy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1548. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of requests for retirement extensions from An Garda Síochána processed in each year since 2020, including the number extended to 61, to 62, to 63, to 64 and to 65, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45393/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1549. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number in each intake of Gardaí, and the number who attested, in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/25]
Matt Carthy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1550. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average time in each of the past five years between application to join An Garda Síochána and attestation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45396/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if she will publish the corrective action plan timelines for non-compliant IPAS sites (details supplied), the inspection cadence for Cork centres and a summary of resident safeguarding indicators now monitored in real time. [45421/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected ten-year whole-life cost for the State’s purchase and operation of a hotel and campus (details supplied), including capital upgrades, security, on-site health, education and transport supports; the current on-site headcount; the 2025 monthly operating cost; and the cost comparison with a counterfactual lease model presen…
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if addresses (details supplied) in Cork are currently being used as accommodation under State contracts for the purposes of housing persons experiencing homelessness and/or persons seeking international protection; and, if so, the name of the company or organisation operating each facility under contract with the State. [45471/25]