176. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for the introduction of the cost of disability payment. [38020/26]
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177. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of men and women who applied for parent's benefit in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38033/26]
178. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of men who applied for paternity benefit; the number of women who applied for maternity benefit, in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38035/26]
179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of either jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance who are under the age of 30. [38055/26]
180. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the status of the working family payment application in question; if the application will be expedited given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38094/26]
181. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a working family payment submitted on 19 April 2026 will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38119/26]
182. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a retained, part-time firefighter would have to leave the fire service to attain full-time employment in the event of being unable to obtain another part-time job as per their jobseeker's benefit agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38253/26]
183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties acquired, leased, licensed or otherwise secured by or on behalf of his Department for use connected to international protection accommodation from 2022 to date, by county and local authority area. [37950/26]
184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department operates a policy of acquiring or utilising standard residential housing stock within existing housing estates for international protection accommodation purposes. [37951/26]
185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national policy framework, operational guidance or internal protocol exists governing the placement of international protection applicants within residential estates or standard private housing developments. [37952/26]
186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any consultation, notification or community engagement obligations apply before residential properties are brought into use for international protection accommodation purposes. [37953/26]
187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether local authorities, management companies, elected representatives, An Garda Síochána, schools or health services are routinely notified before such properties become operational. [37954/26]
188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any assessment is conducted regarding local infrastructure capacity, including school places, GP capacity, transport availability and community services, before residential properties are utilised for international protection accommodation. [37955/26]
189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department maintains a central register of residential properties used for international protection accommodation purposes. [37956/26]
190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties currently occupied by single male applicants, family applicants and vulnerable persons respectively. [37957/26]
191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any formal community engagement meetings relating to residential-property-based international protection accommodation were cancelled, deferred or withdrawn since 2024. [37958/26]
192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department intends to expand the use of standard residential housing stock for international protection accommodation over the next three years. [37959/26]
193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review an immigration case (details supplied) which is currently being appealed with a view to overturning the decision given the information provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/26]
194. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the scheduled expiry date for the existing management contract of a facility (details supplied); if the initial one-year contract reportedly agreed upon at the time of the facility's purchase is the current arrangement governing the site, or if it has since been extended; the expected timeline for the issuance of the new management…
195. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the proposed tender for the management of facilities (details supplied); the scheduled date for the issuance of this tender, the expected platform where it will be published; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the services and operational requirements to be covered under the new management contract; to clarify…
196. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will commit to ensuring that all forthcoming security and management tenders for facilities (details supplied) explicitly include protocols within service level agreements (SLAs) requiring contractors to assist residents in distress when they are outside the immediate campus boundaries; the specific mechanisms by which his De…
197. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for formally designating a facility (details supplied) as a permanent International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) facility;if such a designation will bring the facility under the statutory remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) and other independent inspection bodies to ensure rigorous o…
198. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a detailed statement on the specific clauses within service-level agreements (SLAs) with private contractors managing facilities (details supplied) that define the "boundary of responsibility" regarding the welfare and safety of residents; if these contracts stipulate that the duty of care for residents ceases once an in…
199. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the legal and policy rationale for requesting a change of use exemption (details supplied); the reason this exemption is being requested for a privately owned facility; the way in which his Department justifies applying the same planning approach to this site as the State-linked Citywest Reception Centre; the intended …
200. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department is taking to monitor the practice of asylum seekers visiting their country of origin from which they supposedly fled as a result of persecution and then returning to Ireland; his views on such conduct; whether it should be prohibited by law or result in asylum status being revoked or applications refused; and t…