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Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
251. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS centres and the number of IPAS residents associated with contracts for which the payment per bed per day are above €70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54287/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
252. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS centres and the number of IPAS residents associated with new or renewed contracts for each month in 2025; the numbers therein for which the payment per bed per day are now above €70, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54288/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
253. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average total time, from initial application to final appeal decision, for IPAS applications that were refused in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54289/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
254. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average period of time between a first instance refusal for an IPAS application and the submission of an appeal by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
255. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS decisions issued in each month of 2025 to date; the numbers and percentage where applications were granted and refused; and the number and percentage of those decisions that were appealed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54291/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
256. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS decisions that were issued in each month of 2025 to date; the numbers and percentage were appeals were successful and unsuccessful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54292/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
257. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of the international protection applications made in the State between 1 July and 30 September 2025 by applicants from Georgia, India and Brazil, for a breakdown of the total number of applications; the number of applications refused at first decision; the total number of appeals lodged, and of those appeals; the number in whic…
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
258. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to international protection applicants that are not given an offer of accommodation upon arrival, the process by which those applicants are contacted when a subsequent offer of accommodation is made; the methods of communication used; and the length of time applicants are given to respond to the offer; and if he will make a…
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
259. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to international protection applicants not offered accommodation on arrival (details supplied), if he will provide a breakdown of the number of cases recorded as inactive because the applicant could not be contacted; the number recorded as inactive because the applicant expressly declined the offer of accommodation, in tabu…
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
260. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals detained in the State pending deportation between 24 September and 3 October 2025; and the prisons in which they were held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54297/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
261. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of individuals detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54298/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
262. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of time individuals have been detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
263. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the five longest individual periods of detention pending deportation in 2025; the duration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54300/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
264. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount that was originally budgeted for the development and implementation of the bedspace bed management system for international protection accommodation beds; the final spend to date on the system, including procurement, development, licensing and ongoing support costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54301/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
265. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the bedspace bed management system was rolled out; whether the bedspace bed management system is now fully operational for all beds in the international protection system; and if not, to detail which categories of accommodation remain outside the system, and the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430…
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
266. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the procedure that was used for the management and allocation of beds in international protection system prior to the introduction of the bedspace system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54303/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
267. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has estimated the annual fines which Ireland would face under infringement proceedings should the State not be in a position to comply with the requirements which it has signed up to under the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
268. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process; and the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54360/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
269. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline in detail the discussions he has had with representatives of the British government in relation to the impact on the Common Travel Area of the Irish Government’s decision to sign up to the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54361/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
270. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list the powers and responsibilities that will transfer from the Irish State to the European Union once the EU Asylum and Migration Pact becomes operational in June 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54362/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
271. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54373/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
272. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take in response to the ruling by the European Court of Justice that the exclusion of compensation for pain and suffering under Ireland’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) is precluded by a 2004 EU directive that requires compensation to be fair, appropriate and take into account the seriousness of the cons…
Claire Kerrane Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
273. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to commence a process (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54405/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
274. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a process exists for persons (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54406/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the most recent figures available from the central statistics office or his Department setting out, on a proportional basis, the number of recorded sexual assault offences across the State by the nationality of persons convicted or charged with such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54437/25]